Donald G Griffin
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Pilot - Crew #506
KIA - 27 March 1944
Object Number - UPL 18530 - LT Donald G. Griffin Pilot - Crew #506 KIA - 27 March 1944
B-24H #41-29466 'Dark Rhapsody' crashed into Lake Belterwijde, Holland after colliding with another aircraft on a mission to Achmer airfield, GR on 23 Mar 1944. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36398227
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31281616
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-808989
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-692001
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 23 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
New York, USA | 18 June 1920 | |
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Enlisted |
Syracuse, NY, USA | 11 July 1941 | |
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Buried |
Vollenhove, Netherlands | 1 April 1944 | Cemetery Stad-Vollenhove Grave 615 |
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Buried |
Plot H Row 9 Grave 17 Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands | ||
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Vollenhove, Netherlands | 23 March 1944 | While flying B-24H-15-CF #41-29466 "Dark Rhapsody" on the crews first mission, the Griffin Crew were involved in a mid-air collision over Holland. Everyone onboard were KIA. |
| San Antonio, TX, USA | 1130 Victoria Street | ||
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3455 / MACR 3456, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
