"GRAN SLAM" was named for its first pilot, 1st.Lt. Frederick M. Gran,
466th Bomb Group -784th Sq. Crew #430 and 787th Sq Crew #728
An original 466th Bomber "Dirty Gertie"
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466th Bomb Group "The Brute" (Tail markings from before April 15, 1944)
"Chief Wapello" B-24 H SN# 42-52618 44th Bomb Group
This airplane served in 487th BG, 839th BS, (3rd Air Division) in England as well as the 44th BG (2nd Air Division) , it was first in 506th BS as GJ bar B (27 Aug thru 28 Sep 44). It then reappears in 66th BS as QK V+ (1 Jan thru 28 Jan 45). On return from a mission to Dortmund on 28 Jan 45, already badly damaged, the aircraft was shot down by fighters after the crew bailed out. It crashed in dense woods between the villages of Groesbeek and Berg-en-Dal, south east of Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
