499th Bomb Group ( Very Heavy )

AIRCRAFT COMMANDER

SERIAL NUMBER

NICKNAME

EDMUND G SMITH

42-24769

ROVER BOY EXPRESS

Within the 84 pages of 2nd Lt Robert Logan Grace’s
Individual Deceased Personnel File ( IDPF )
there is no specific document stating that he was a Prisoner of War.

His status was formally declared as
Killed in Action, Remains Not Recoverable.

These documents appear in the
Non - Recoverable
section.



However, based on unofficial sources, there is an element of doubt
concerning the decisions in the IDPF.

Elements of Doubt

** On this basis, I have chosen to include Lt Grace within THE 55. **

From Roger Mansell PACIFIC POW database:

"Executed (Tokyo)... Shot down 45.01.27 Tokyo Nakashima Aircraft Plant raid;
crashed on Ibaraki beach Igiri Kashima-shi Ibaraki; last seen March 10th per Halloran"

used with permission of
Wes Injerd

Below is Lt Grace's Memorial Certificate from the
American Battle Monuments Commission

Followed by his name on
the Wall within the
Courts of the Missing
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Background information and some details of
his time in the USAAF are in other sections.

My thanks to the following for their assistance

Ed Lawson
Jim Bowman

Wes Injerd
Scott Muselin

Roy Wall
Al Schutte

Air Force Historical Research Agency

Mansell Pacific POW Database

POW Research Network Japan

MEMORIAL CERTIFICATE

source: American Battle Monuments Commission

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COURTS OF THE MISSING
NATIONAL MEMORIAL CEMETERY OF THE PACIFIC

source: Sherry HS

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