Richard Louis Grow
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Target/Mission: Withdrawal support for bombers returning from Osnabrück [Lower Saxony], Germany.
Crash Date: 22 December 1943 at 14:30
Pilot was last heard via radio by Capt. George E. Preddy (O-430846) and 1Lt John R. Bennett (O-732132). Wreckage of the aircraft and remains of the pilot were recovered after the war.
Crash Area - Location: Friesland province - On a potato storage of farmer J.F. Heide in Haule (municipality Ooststellingwerf).
Object Number - UPL 21506 - Richard Grow - Mason City, 352nd FG, KIA
Killed in Action (KIA) - crashed near Haule in P-47 42-22487.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 328th Fighter Squadron 487th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (352nd Fighter Group)
- Service Numbers: O-430846
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot/Squadron Commander
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 487th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
- Known as: Haule
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Mason City, Iowa | 17 August 1920 | |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Haule, Netherlands | 22 December 1943 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1538 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
