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HEADQUARTERS
327TH FIGHTER GROUP (AIR DEF)
TRUAX FIELD MADISON, WISCONSIN
OFFICE OF INFORMATION SERVICES
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
CAPTAIN ETHAN A. GRANT
MAINT. AND FLIGHT TEST SECTION 325TH FIS

CAPTAIN ETHAN GRANT WAS BORN IN BRISTOW, INDIANA, 31 JULY 1922. HE ATTENDED AND WAS GRADUATED FROM BRISTOW HIGH SCHOOL IN 1940. IN 1941 HE ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR CORPS, SERVING A TOUR IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC AS AN ENLISTED AIRCRAFT MECHANIC PRIOR TO ENTERING PILOT TRAINING IN MARCH OF 1943. AFTER COMPLETION OF PILOT TRAINING, CAPTAIN GRANT TRANSITIONED IN NIGHT FIGHTERS, SUBSEQUENTLY TRANSFERRING TO THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS WHERE HE FLEW A COMBAT TOUR IN A-20'S. HE HAS ACCUMULATED 1800 FLYING HOURS IN VARIOUS TYPES OF AIRCRAFT.

CAPTAIN GRANT GRADUATED FROM AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE OFFICERS' COURSE AT CHANUTE FIELD AND COMPLETED SQUADRON OFFICERS COURSE BY CORRESPONDENCE FROM AIR COMMAND AND STAFF SCHOOL, MAXWELL AFB, MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA.

AMONG HIS DECORATIONS ARE THE AIR MEDAL WITH ONE (1) OAK LEAF CLUSTER AND TWO (2) PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATIONS.

CAPTAIN GRANT IS MARRIED TO THE FORMER ROSE AIELLO, BUFFALO, NEW YORK. THEY HAVE TWO (2) CHILDREN, ETHAN A. GRANT JR., AGED ELEVEN (11) AND PATRICIA ANN, AGED SEVEN (7) YEARS

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