John A Griffin II

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media-45663.jpeg UPL 45663 John Alexander Griffin II, East Chicago, IN, circa 1943

Family photo

Object Number - UPL 45663 - John Alexander Griffin II, East Chicago, IN, circa 1943

Returning from a mission on Kassel, weather became very heavy overcast. Plane was trying to land using radio beacons, they hit the radio tower at Daventry, all crew were killed.



Registration date: 30 Jun 1942

Enlistment date: 20 Feb 1943

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron

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Died

15 December 1944

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Added B-17 Crew Photo

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Update Service Number

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'Can Do' notes

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Family portrait

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World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946

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Family update

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305th BG unit history / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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