His aircraft took off from Thurleigh, England and were assigned to bomb an industrial area at Lille, France. They were involved in a mid-air collision with a second bomber called "Four of a Kind" about three miles north of Lille. Both crashed at Marcq-en-Baroeul. 2LT Grant was among the six KIA . Four crew members became POWs.
Crew Members:
2LT Wallace B Kirkpatrick, Navigator, POW
SSGT Edward A Nork, Radio Operator, POW
1LT Russell Gilbert Kahl
SGT Earl Santos, LWG, POW
1LT Jack A Spaulding, Co Pilot, KIA
SSGT Dale A Davis, Ball Turret Gunner, KIA
TSGT Thomas H Gilliland, Engineer/Top Turret Gunner, KIA
TSGT Leon Williams, Right Wing Gunner, KIA
2LT Gordon R Grant, Bombardiar, KIA
SGT Lewis R Morgan, Tail Gunner, KIA
The individuals who died in the crash of the aircraft were originally buried in the cemetery in Wambrochies, a commune in France, according to 2d Lt Kirkpatrick.
Unit 369th Bomber Squadron, 306th Bomber Group, Heavy (Reich Wreckers)
Army Service No. (ASN): O-726153
Rank Second Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Texas
Date of Death January 13 1943
Buried Plot A Row 47 Grave 18
Epinal American Cemetery
Recipient of the Purple Heart
Crew Members:
2LT Wallace B Kirkpatrick, Navigator, POW
SSGT Edward A Nork, Radio Operator, POW
1LT Russell Gilbert Kahl
SGT Earl Santos, LWG, POW
1LT Jack A Spaulding, Co Pilot, KIA
SSGT Dale A Davis, Ball Turret Gunner, KIA
TSGT Thomas H Gilliland, Engineer/Top Turret Gunner, KIA
TSGT Leon Williams, Right Wing Gunner, KIA
2LT Gordon R Grant, Bombardiar, KIA
SGT Lewis R Morgan, Tail Gunner, KIA
The individuals who died in the crash of the aircraft were originally buried in the cemetery in Wambrochies, a commune in France, according to 2d Lt Kirkpatrick.
Unit 369th Bomber Squadron, 306th Bomber Group, Heavy (Reich Wreckers)
Army Service No. (ASN): O-726153
Rank Second Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Texas
Date of Death January 13 1943
Buried Plot A Row 47 Grave 18
Epinal American Cemetery
Recipient of the Purple Heart
His aircraft took off from Thurleigh, England and were assigned to bomb an industrial area at Lille, France. They were involved in a mid-air collision with a second bomber called "Four of a Kind" about three miles north of Lille. Both crashed at Marcq-en-Baroeul. 2LT Grant was among the six KIA . Four crew members became POWs.
Crew Members:
2LT Wallace B Kirkpatrick, Navigator, POW
SSGT Edward A Nork, Radio Operator, POW
1LT Russell Gilbert Kahl
SGT Earl Santos, LWG, POW
1LT Jack A Spaulding, Co Pilot, KIA
SSGT Dale A Davis, Ball Turret Gunner, KIA
TSGT Thomas H Gilliland, Engineer/Top Turret Gunner, KIA
TSGT Leon Williams, Right Wing Gunner, KIA
2LT Gordon R Grant, Bombardiar, KIA
SGT Lewis R Morgan, Tail Gunner, KIA
The individuals who died in the crash of the aircraft were originally buried in the cemetery in Wambrochies, a commune in France, according to 2d Lt Kirkpatrick.
Unit 369th Bomber Squadron, 306th Bomber Group, Heavy (Reich Wreckers)
Army Service No. (ASN): O-726153
Rank Second Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Texas
Date of Death January 13 1943
Buried Plot A Row 47 Grave 18
Epinal American Cemetery
Recipient of the Purple Heart
Crew Members:
2LT Wallace B Kirkpatrick, Navigator, POW
SSGT Edward A Nork, Radio Operator, POW
1LT Russell Gilbert Kahl
SGT Earl Santos, LWG, POW
1LT Jack A Spaulding, Co Pilot, KIA
SSGT Dale A Davis, Ball Turret Gunner, KIA
TSGT Thomas H Gilliland, Engineer/Top Turret Gunner, KIA
TSGT Leon Williams, Right Wing Gunner, KIA
2LT Gordon R Grant, Bombardiar, KIA
SGT Lewis R Morgan, Tail Gunner, KIA
The individuals who died in the crash of the aircraft were originally buried in the cemetery in Wambrochies, a commune in France, according to 2d Lt Kirkpatrick.
Unit 369th Bomber Squadron, 306th Bomber Group, Heavy (Reich Wreckers)
Army Service No. (ASN): O-726153
Rank Second Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Texas
Date of Death January 13 1943
Buried Plot A Row 47 Grave 18
Epinal American Cemetery
Recipient of the Purple Heart
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