World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Frances Fortune Grimes
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Deer Park, Maryland
Honored By
Ralph Bozorth
CLASS 43-W-3. ENTERED WASP (WOMEN'S AIR FORCE SERVICE PILOTS) FLIGHT TRAINING AT HOUSTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT HOUSTON, TEXAS ON JANUARY 15, 1943 AND GRADUATED AT AVENGER FIELD SWEETWATER, TEXAS JULY 3, 1943. HER ACTIVE DUTY ASSIGNMENT WAS TO THE 5TH FIGHTER GROUP AIR TRAINING COMMAND AT LOVE FIELD, DALLAS, TEXAS. SHE WAS KILLED SHORTLY AFTER TAKE-OFF FROM OTIS FIELD, MASSACHUSETTS IN AN A-24 ATTACK BOMBER ON MARCH 27, 1944.