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 Colonel Townsend E Griffiss - Griffiss AFB - Rome, New York Posted by:  elyob
N 43° 13.589 W 075° 25.580
18T E 465378 N 4786054
This memorial is northeast of the intersection of Perimeter Road and New York route 825.
Waymark Code: WMHKW6
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 07/21/2013
Views: 4
Townsend E. Griffiss
1900-1942
Lieutenant Cololnel
United States Army Air Forces
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Lieutenant Colonel Townsend E. Griffiss was born in Buffalo, New York, April 4, 1900. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1922 and from Advanced Flying School Kelly Field, Texas, in 1924. Colonel Griffiss arrived in the United Kingdom in 1941 and was killed in action when his plane failed to return from a special mission to Mosow, Russia, on February 15, 1942
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Griffiss' B-24 Liberator was shot down by friendly fire over the English Channel. There is a memorial to Griffiss in the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo, New York, and at the Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial in Coton, Cambridgeshire, England. Soon after his death, the Rome Air Depot was named after Colonel Griffiss.
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Entrance fees (if it applies): 0
Type of memorial: Plaque
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