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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Frances Fortune Grimes

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Morgantown, West Virginia

Honored By

WASP

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Activity During WWII

AS A CIVILIAN, SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CIVIL AIR PATROL. LATER SERVED IN THE WOMEN AIRFORCE SERVICE PILOTS (WASP) CLASS 43-3. DIED WHEN THE A-24 DIVE BOMBER SHE WAS FLYING CRASHED SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF NEAR OTIS FIELD, MASSACHUSETTS ON MARCH 27, 1944.