Victor Franklin Grissom Jr
Military
351st BG FB group
Object Number - UPL 55689 - Victor Franklin Grissom Jr. - Tyndall Field, Panama City, Florida - base activities book - post WWII - 308th AAF Base Unit - Air Tactical School
Victor Franklin Grissom Jr flew 13 missions (12 credited) with the 510th BS, 351st BG out of Polebrook, Station 110, England from 15 Mar 1945 until 17 Apr 1945.
After WWII, he was assigned to the 1st Experimental Guided Missiles Group at Elgin Field in Florida. The 1st Experimental Guided Missiles Group flew DB-17 "mother ships" controlling QB-17 drones to support the Atomic Energy Commission nuclear tests. On 13 January 1947, the Guided Missiles Group received nationwide publicity by conducting a successful drone flight from Eglin AFB to Washington, D.C., in a simulated bombing mission, With Grissom piloting the mother ship.
Link to missions with the 351st: http://www.351st.org/loadlist/search.php?type=s&serial=O-826941
Awards: AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (1 x Battle Star).
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Devil's Mistress
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 398th Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Fearless Fosdick
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Glory Bound
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Big Ass Bird
- Unit: 511th Bomb Squadron 351st Bomb Group
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Scotts Hill, Henderson County, TN | 31 May 1922 | |
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Died |
Memphis, TN | 30 July 1994 | |
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Based |
Polebrook | Assigned to 510BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Buried |
Memorial Park Cemetery Memphis, Shelby County, TN | Memorial Park Cemetery Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee |
Revisions
Flagged as a "NAME ISSUE" in the Nickname field so an Admin can check out this person.
Corrected the name by moving "Jr" from the first name field to the suffix field and moving “Vf” from the middle name field to the first name field.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.351st.org/ken.harbour/
