Jack Arlen Griffith

Military

Shot down 27 May 1944 in B-24 #42-95091. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • 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

Places

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

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NARA: Air Force Award Cards

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MACR 5260
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft Card
VA Gravesite Locator

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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