Fremont H. Granade was born on September 13, 1922. He served in the 728th Bomber Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group, as a Staff Sergeant and Right Waist Gunner on the B-17 #42-32082 'The Passionate Witch II' during World War II.

On March 28, 1944, his crew took off from Sation 142 airfield in Deopham Free, England, on a mission to bomb the Chateaudun airfield in France. At 14:08H, their plane was shot down by flak, taking a direct hit in the #4 tank, which ignited a huge fire. Their airplane exploded in flight and crashed 2 km south of Chateaudun airfield. The plane was totally destroyed in a ground collision with an Avro Lancaster. Six crew members (including SSgt Granade) were Killed in Action. The others were able to bail out of the plane before it exploded but were taken as prisoners except for SSgt McLaughlin, who died in a hospital the next day.

SSgt Granade is now buried in the Waterloo City Cemetery, Waterloo, Monroe County, Illinois, USA.

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