World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
John Harris Griffith
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Plymouth, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Sam E. Pennartz
23 March 1940: Advanced Pilot Class 40-A at Kelly Field, Texas. During the night and early morning hours of 3-4 July 1945, (Mission #248) one hundred twenty-five 73rd Bomb Wing B-29 aircraft launch from Isley Field on Saipan in the Mariana Islands to incendiary bomb the Kochi urban area of Japan. Pilot, 497th Bombardment Deputy Group Commander, B-29 serial #42-24774, call sign A-Square-22, nicknamed 'Miss HAP' was lost when hit with Anti-Aircraft Artillery flak and crashed.