Jack Arlen Griffith
MilitaryShot down 27 May 1944 in B-24 #42-95091. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18108660
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Nose Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14139966
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12086632 at enlistment, then O-689520
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12054324 at enlistment, then O-695069
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16059738 at enlistment, then O-793811
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 27 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Warren, Marion County, Indiana, United States | 15 October 1920 | |
Enlisted |
26 May 1942 | La Fayette, Indiana | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Differten, Germany | 27 May 1944 | captured in Differten, Germany |
Died |
12 February 2007 | ||
Buried |
Jack Griffith rests at the Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery, in Phoenix, Arizona | ||
Marion, Indiana |
Revisions
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources
MACR 5260
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft Card
VA Gravesite Locator
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5260 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database