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Sgt Grover Lewis Handy

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Sgt Grover Lewis Handy

Birth
Virginia, USA
Death
22 Mar 1944 (aged 23)
Burial
Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina, USA
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Section LEG Grave 350 (row 8)
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The 786th Bombardment Squadron was established in mid-1943 as a B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomb group; trained under Second Air Force in Idaho. Completed training in early 1944; deploying to European Theater of Operations (ETO) assigned to VIII Bomber Command in England.

The 786th Bomb Squadron was part of the 466th Bomb Group (H) (as stated on the marker) and flew B-24 heavy bombers (NOT B-17s) and was stationed at Army Air Station #120 in Attlebridge, England during WWII. The 466th BG was in the 2nd division of the 8th US Army Air Corps, 96th Combat Wing of the Air Corps. Sgt. Grover L, HANDY was an aerial engineer and gunner on crew #605 (Gilley BRAND, pilot).

U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970
Grover L Handy
Birth Date: 7 Dec 1920
Service Number: 13103779
Service Branch: Army Air Force
Unit: 466 Bomb Group AAB 13103779; Company: 786 Bomb Squadron
Enlistment Date: 27 Oct 1941
Death Date: 22 Mar 1944
Cemetery: Pine Hill Cemetery; Cemetery Location: Burlington, North Carolina, USA
His mother signed the request for stone 11 June 1951
The 786th Bombardment Squadron was established in mid-1943 as a B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomb group; trained under Second Air Force in Idaho. Completed training in early 1944; deploying to European Theater of Operations (ETO) assigned to VIII Bomber Command in England.

The 786th Bomb Squadron was part of the 466th Bomb Group (H) (as stated on the marker) and flew B-24 heavy bombers (NOT B-17s) and was stationed at Army Air Station #120 in Attlebridge, England during WWII. The 466th BG was in the 2nd division of the 8th US Army Air Corps, 96th Combat Wing of the Air Corps. Sgt. Grover L, HANDY was an aerial engineer and gunner on crew #605 (Gilley BRAND, pilot).

U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970
Grover L Handy
Birth Date: 7 Dec 1920
Service Number: 13103779
Service Branch: Army Air Force
Unit: 466 Bomb Group AAB 13103779; Company: 786 Bomb Squadron
Enlistment Date: 27 Oct 1941
Death Date: 22 Mar 1944
Cemetery: Pine Hill Cemetery; Cemetery Location: Burlington, North Carolina, USA
His mother signed the request for stone 11 June 1951

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GROVER L. HANDY / NORTH CAROLINA / DGT / 466 AAF BOMB GP / DECEMBER 7 1920 / MARCH 22 1944.

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