Rockford Charles Griffith

Military
media-50763.jpeg UPL 50763 1st Lt Rockford Griffith, 44BG

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 50763 - 1st Lt Rockford Griffith, 44BG

Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Assigned mission 18-Nov-43 was the airfield at Kjeller, Norway. 1 x wheel crash landing in B-24 41-29161 at Shipdham. RTD



Shot down 13-Apr-44 in B-24 42-100330. Landed in Switzerland. Interned till December 1944. INT



Awards: SS, AM, WWII Victory, EAME.



Post war: Retired from USAF career with rank of Major.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The 'semiofficial' insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38410822
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32562885
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31150094
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20653547 / O-669407
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-671364
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Poop Deck Pappy
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Fort Worth, Texas, USA 2 February 1920

Other

Interned (INT)

Switzerland 13 April 1944 Shot down 13-Apr-44 in B-24 42-100330. Landed in Switzerland, interned till December 1944.

Died

19 September 2005

Buried

Shannon Rose Hill Memorial Park Fort Worth, Tarrant County, TX 22 September 2005 Shannon Rose Hill Memorial Park Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas

Based

13 April 1944 Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4045 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self, MACR 4045, Losses of 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey pp. 376-7

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