George F Grover
Military
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UPL 17221
TSGT George F. Grover
Radio Operator
Crew #541 - Ernest A. Keyes Crew
shot down 9 August 1944. Severely wounded, was taken as a POW. He was repatriated due to his injuries and died in an Allied hospital.
Radio Operator
Crew #541 - Ernest A. Keyes Crew
shot down 9 August 1944. Severely wounded, was taken as a POW. He was repatriated due to his injuries and died in an Allied hospital.
Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed near Rotterdam on 8/9/44 in B-24 Hot Box #4129374 Released from Prisoner of War (POW) camp on 17 Apr 45 and died in British hospital 18 Apr 45
POW
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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: O-818882
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Hot Box
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Scotts Bluff County, NE, USA | 21 May 1916 | |
Died |
Wöbbelin, Germany | 18 April 1945 | The airplane crashed near Rotterdam, 5 km of Maassluis, Island of Rosenburg, Holland on 9 August 1944. All except the Pilot bailed out. George Grover was taken prisoner. The crewmembers were taken to different camps. On 14 April 1945, George F. Grover was seriously ill and an officer from Stalag 11B authorized him to be sent to a German hospital. He was suffering from intestinal obstruction, exhaustion, malnutrition and dysentery, mostly the result of mistreatment while under the jurisdiction of Stalag Luft #4. he died 4 days later. S/Sgt George F. Grover first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Ardennes, Belgium Block KK, Row 6, Grave 145 |
Other Shot down/Crash landed |
3181 Rozenburg, Netherlands | 9 August 1944 | |
Other POW |
Tychowo, Poland | 17 April 1945 | Stalag Luft IV Heyd, Germany (now Tychowo, Poland) |
Buried |
Neupré, Belgium | Plot D Row 39 Grave 7 Ardennes American Cemetery Neupre, Belgium | |
Saint Jacob, IL, USA |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7380 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database