Lt
Frank VANDERGRIFF
Assigned to the 100th Bombardment Group
Location:
Unit: 351st Bombardment Squadron
Rank:
Position: Navigator
Beginning Date of 100th Service: Unknown
Time of Service at Thorpe Abbotts: Unknown - Unknown
Additional 100th Service Notes
Status: CPT
Comments: 17 FEB 45 GIESSEN
Media Articles
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| Media Item | Type | Page | Volume/Issue | Broadcast Source | Time | Description | File |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Vandergriff | Chattanooga Daily Times April 24 1945 | 12:00 am |
Comments and Notes
Memo 1:
CREW
2nd Lt Donald N.Ellison P CPT 17/2/45 FRANKFURT & GIESSEN
2nd Lt Wiley Smith Jr. CP CPT 17/2/45 FRANKFURT & GIESSEN
F/0 Frank Vandergriff Jr NAV CPT 17/2/45 FRANKFURT & GIESSEN
2nd Lt Albert E. Richmond BOM CPT 9/3/45 FRANKFURT
S/Sgt Robert W. Wolf ROG CPT 17/2/45 FRANKFURT & GIESSEN
S/Sgt Horace O.Liles TTE CPT 17/2/45 FRANKFURT & GIESSEN (name spelled Lyles in 351st BS Squadron history)
Sgt Robert L.Henry BTG CPT 17/2/45 FRANKFURT & GIESSEN
Sgt Harold L.Osban WG CPT 17/2/45 FRANKFURT & GIESSEN
Pvt Jack Jefferson WG NOC taken off crew to reduce to 9 men
Sgt David E.Davis TG CPT 17/2/45 FRANKFURT & GIESSEN
351st Sqdn..this crew assigned to the 100th July 1944
Above Crew appears on roster 13/9/44 as crew #56/58 with a Lt Stanley W Yates from Lt Stevenson Crew as Bombardier. On 3/9/44 Lt Harold .A. Smith from Lt Thompson Crew is riding as Bomb. in place of Lt Yates. On 11/8/44 Lt Albert E.Richmond is the BOM.
Lt Stanley W.Yates(Bom, CPT 7/1/45- Cologne from Lt Stevenson Crew) flew some missions with this Crew.
Known Missions of 2nd Lt Donald Ellison Crew: (incomplete…mpf)
# DATE TARGET A/C # and NAME
1. 11/8/44 VILLACOUBLAY 42-32530 QUITTIN' TIME
2. 14/8/44 LUDWIGSHAVEN 42-31767 OUR GAL SAL
3. 25/8/44 POLITZ 42-107233 HUMPTY DUMPTY
4. 26/8/44 BREST 42-31066 DIXIE BABY
5. 30/8/44 BREMEN 42-31530 QUITTIN' TIME
6. 3/9/44 BREST 42-31530 QUITTIN' TIME
7. 5/9/44 STUTTGART 42-31530 QUITTIN' TIME
8. 11/9/44 RUHLAND 42-31530 QUITTIN' TIME
9. 12/9/44 MAGDEBURG 42-31530 QUITTIN' TIME
10. 13/9/44 SINDELFINGEN 42-97126 THE LATEST RUMOR
11. 18/9/44 WARSAW 42-31412 MASON AND DIXON (2nd Russian Shuttle Mission)
12. 19/9/44 SZOLNOK (HUNGARY) 42-31412 MASON AND DIXON (aircraft received major flak damage to wing spar)
13. 28/9/44 MERSEBURG 42-32530 QUITTIN' TIME
Photos
Frank Vandergriff
Article on Frank Vandergriff (courtesy of Laura Shivers)
Crew List
1st Crew List
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| Rank | Name | Pos | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lt | ELLISON, Donald N. | P | CPT |
| Lt | SMITH, Wiley | CP | CPT |
| Lt | VANDERGRIFF, Frank | NAV | CPT |
| Lt | RICHMOND, Albert E. | BOM | CPT |
| S/SGT | LILES, Horace O. | TTE | CPT |
| S/Sgt | WOLF, Robert W. | ROG | CPT |
| S/Sgt | HENRY, Robert L. | BTG | CPT |
| PVT | JEFFERSON, Jack | WG | NOC |
| Sgt | OSBAN, Harold L. | WG | CPT |
| S/Sgt | DAVIS, David E. | TG | CPT |
