Rockford Charles Griffith
Military
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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31192929
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34303358
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35360264
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32472766
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Fort Worth, Texas, USA | 2 February 1920 | |
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Other Interned (INT) |
Switzerland | 13 April 1944 | Shot down 13-Apr-44 in B-24 42-100330. Landed in Switzerland, interned till December 1944. |
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Died |
19 September 2005 | ||
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Buried |
Shannon Rose Hill Memorial Park Fort Worth, Tarrant County, TX | 22 September 2005 | Shannon Rose Hill Memorial Park Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas |
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Based |
13 April 1944 | Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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