Grilli, Eugene Philip

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Grilli, Eugene Philip ‡ ⇗
Rank	Flight Officer
Serial Number	T-1672 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #46 Dated 9 March 1944, effective 9 March 1944.
Duty	Bombardier
MOS	1035 - Bombardier
Last Duty Date	7 May 1944
Results	Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Not identified in National Archives POW database.
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 11 September 1915 Graduated from Bombardier School at Victorville AAF, Victorville, California, Class #43-13, 11 September 1943.
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 4811⇓ (16.352 MB) Lt Col Joe Cittadini, Ted Goller 20th Mission⇓ (7.737 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Broyhill, Virgil Ray⇗	Pilot	INT
2nd Lt. Burns, Albert Harry, Jr⇗	Co-pilot	INT
2nd Lt. Earle, Guy Harmon, Jr⇗	Navigator	INT
Flt. Ofcr. Grilli, Eugene Philip	Bombardier	POW
S/SGT. Pizzi, Frank Benjamin⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	INT
S/SGT. Duncan, Sam Park, Jr⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	INT
SGT. Piemonte, Guiseppe Mario⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	INT
T/SGT. Robertson, James Roman⇗	Tail Gunner	INT
S/SGT. Massengale, Arnold Lee⇗	Flexible Gunner	INT
SGT. Wilkins, John Robert⇗	Flexible Gunner	INT

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 10 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
79⇗	22 March 1944	Target: Heinkel Aircraft Assembly Plant at Annahof Airfield Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oranienburg, Germany	Bombardier	42‑31235⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
80⇗	23 March 1944	Target: Airdrome and Airpark Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Gütersloh, Germany	Bombardier	42‑31235⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron, composite high group Sortie Report⇗
81⇗	24 March 1944	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Bombardier	42‑37885⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗
83⇗	27 March 1944	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Tours & Chartres, France	Bombardier	42‑37885⇗	Combat Mission Credit 94 Group. Sortie Report⇗
85⇗	29 March 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany	Bombardier	42‑31435⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
86⇗	9 April 1944	Target: FW-190 Fighter Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Marienburg, Germany	Bombardier	42‑37789⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
87⇗	10 April 1944	Target: Evere Airfield (50°54'3"N 4°20'9"E) Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Brussels / Bruxelles, Belgium	Bombardier	42‑31495⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
88⇗	11 April 1944	Target: FW Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Sorau, Germany	Bombardier	42‑97320⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
99⇗	1 May 1944	Target: Launch Site in Foret Nationale de Tournehem Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Foret Nationale de Tournehem, France	Bombardier	42‑97282⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
101⇗	7 May 1944	Target: Friedrichstrasse Railroad Station Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany	Bombardier	42‑31235⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return At 1020 hrs had #2 engine feathered and started straggling five minutes later, then feathered #4 and peeled off in sharp glide to left rather fast, but still under control; at 1022 jettisoned bombs and turned back at 1027; flak, crashed near Jade, Germany. MACR 4811 Sortie Report⇗

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