William G Grocke

Military
media-15141.jpeg UPL 15141 Rougham Control Tower Museum

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Object Number - UPL 15141 - Rougham Control Tower Museum

According to MACR 2998, Grocke was a Ball Turret Gunner on 42-38169. There was a fire in the radio compartment of the aircraft, reason unknown. The Pilot peeled out of formation, the aircraft went into a spin, and crashed. 5 KIA

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Nobody's Fool
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

France 4 March 1944

Born

Pennsylvania

Buried

Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Colleville-sur-Mer Departement du Calvados Basse-Normandie, France

Revisions

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Find A Grave Memorial# 56645142
Rougham Control Tower memorial plaques
MACR 2998, accessed at Fold3

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Combat Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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