Monuments
B-24 Liberator (42-100181) 'Star Valley' Crew Plaque
B-24 'Star Valley' (42-100181) Monument
Name:
John S. Giffin
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-805903
Unit:
68th Bomber Squadron, 44th Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1944-02-05
State:
New York
Cemetery:
Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-Sur-Mer, France
Plot:
A
Row:
16
Grave:
30
Decoration:
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Comments:
1st Lt John S. Giffin, co-pilot of the B-24 Liberator 42-100181 “Star Valley”, took off from station 115, Shipdham, Norfolk, UK on a bombing mission over the Tours Parçay-Meslay airfield. They were shot down by Fw-190 fighters at 1042. The bullets clipped one of their wings off, sending them into an uncontrollable spin from which only three crew members managed to bail out, of which only one survived to make it back to the UK.