Jacob Maurice Grant
Flying Officer · 127489 · United Kingdom
- Died
- 16 September 1943, aged 33
- Fate
- Killed in action
Biography
Not known
Burial / commemoration
- Cemetery
- Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany
Operations on this date. 2 raids in this archive were flown on the night of 16 September 1943: Operation Garlic · Modane. (Cross-reference by date — not in itself confirmation this airman flew it.)
Timeline
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15 September 1943
Flew Operation Garlic
Wireless operator, EE130 — Failed to return -
16 September 1943
Died
aged 33
Crew & operations
Flew as Wireless operator with No. 617 Squadron (Dambusters).
- Operation Garlic (15 September 1943) — aircraft EE130 (Avro Lancaster) — Failed to return
Crew: Reginald Bertram Sidney Lulham (Bomb aimer) · Phillip Moore (Flight engineer) · William Walker (Front gunner) · Ivor Glyn Jones (Mid-upper gunner) · Norman Arthur Botting (Navigator) · Ralf Athelsie Pole Allsebrook (Pilot) · Samuel Hitchen (Rear gunner)
Source: CWGC casualty record: GRANT, JACOB MAURICE → · Commonwealth War Graves Commission