GRIGG, Robert Jackson
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This pilot flew Spitfire fighter aircraft for the RCAF / RAF (60% of all RCAF personnel served in RAF units at some point) in WWII, this record has come from the database of Mr. Halliday, a Canadian military historian.
This Pilot's entry: cause of death was kia, burial location Runnymede Memorial, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (www.cwgc.org) may have more information on family.
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F/O.. Robert Jackson Grigg. Born on the 01st July 1921 in Ontario, Canada. Son of Dr. William George Grigg (A dentist, died 1930, age 36, pneumonia) and Isabel Bush Grigg (killed 1932, age 388, automobile accident , of Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada.Both parents were dead by the time he enlisted. After his mother's death he and his sister Marjorie Isabel were cared for by his uncle and aunt, Fred S. Dent and Florence Elizabeth Dent, at 9 Coulson Avenue, Sault Ste. Marie. His will thanks them for "what they have done for my sister and me." He also had a brother, James Bush Grigg. His official next of kin was his grandfather, James Grigg Sr., of Bruce Mines.
(Courtesy: Aircrew Remembered)
This Pilot's entry: cause of death was kia, burial location Runnymede Memorial, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (www.cwgc.org) may have more information on family.
If a user conducts research on this pilot and can fill in this pilot's biography further by adding an image or links, clicking edit, or, visiting the National Archives of Canada to request a service record, they may add to this page. If a user would prefer allspitfirepilots.org to make this request on their behalf, please use the contact us at the bottom of this page.
F/O.. Robert Jackson Grigg. Born on the 01st July 1921 in Ontario, Canada. Son of Dr. William George Grigg (A dentist, died 1930, age 36, pneumonia) and Isabel Bush Grigg (killed 1932, age 388, automobile accident , of Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada.Both parents were dead by the time he enlisted. After his mother's death he and his sister Marjorie Isabel were cared for by his uncle and aunt, Fred S. Dent and Florence Elizabeth Dent, at 9 Coulson Avenue, Sault Ste. Marie. His will thanks them for "what they have done for my sister and me." He also had a brother, James Bush Grigg. His official next of kin was his grandfather, James Grigg Sr., of Bruce Mines.
(Courtesy: Aircrew Remembered)
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| Airforce | Sqdrn | Start | Finish |
| RCAF | 421 | -- | -- |
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| Serial | Note | Date |
| NH183 | 1944-06-07 | |
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