Harry M Grimball Jr
MilitaryBombardier, Duarte crew. 381st BG, 535th BS, 8th AF. Shot down 31 December 1943 in B-17 #42-39910. Mission #55 to Bordeaux, France. Attacked by fighters and the plexiglass was blown out of the nose along with engines #2 & 3. Headed to Spain and bailed out with one engine left. MACR 1878. Captured by civilian police near Bordeaux, France. Lt Grimball was wounded in the legs inside the aircraft and kept in a Paris hospital with Lt Heintz. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft III and repatriated 5 January 1945.
Sanford, FL
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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: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12191064
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-803584
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-808455
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17064663
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15104471
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron 535th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 31 December 1943
- Date: 30 December 1943
- Date: 24 December 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Sanford, Florida | 12 May 1920 | |
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Other Prisoner of War |
31 December 1943 - 2 August 1944 | Luftwaffe Lazarett (Paris) Hohemark hospital (Obermessfield) | |
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Other Prisoner of War |
68-100 Zagan, Poland | 2 August 1944 - 5 January 1945 | Stalag Luft III Repatriated |
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Based Prisoner of War |
31 December 1943 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1878