Grady Franklin Cope

Military
media-48180.jpeg UPL 48180 L to R: TSGT Grady Franklin Cope (G), CPT Joseph Kupits (B/N), CPT Meredith J. Huff (P), SSGT James B. Thompson (G)
416th BG - 669th BS - 9th AF

Object Number - UPL 48180 - L to R: TSGT Grady Franklin Cope (G), CPT Joseph Kupits (B/N), CPT Meredith J. Huff (P), SSGT James B. Thompson (G) 416th BG - 669th BS - 9th AF

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Units served with

An A-26 Invader (F6-P, serial number 43-22330) nicknamed "For Pete's Sake" of the 416th Bomb Group prepares for take-off at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group . Written on slide casing: '416 BG Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Ninth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Nicknames: Desperate Ambrose
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description
Gould, Oklahoma 16 February 1942

Born

Gould, Oklahoma 12 February 1943

Other

First 416th BG Combat Mission

Poix Airfield, France 3 March 1944

Other

Shot Down/Captured

Amiens, France 27 May 1944

Died

Hollis, Oklahoma 15 March 2004

Buried

Hollis, Oklahoma 18 March 2004 Fairmount Cemetery Hollis, Harmon County, Oklahoma, USA

Other

POW

Tychowo, Poland Stalag Luft IV

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