page_title: George Grimson
section_title: Royal Air Force service
hierarchical_section_title: George Grimson / Royal Air Force service
caption_attribution_description: English: Vickers Wellington Mk.II of No. 104 Squadron, Royal Air Force. 104 Squadron received the Wellington in April 1941. It was part of the RAF Bomber Command until it was moved to the Mediterranean area in April 1942, where it operated until the end of the war. In 1943 it received the Wellington Mk.X, in February 1945 it was re-equipped with the Consolidated Liberator.
context_page_description: George Grimson was a bomber crewman serving in RAF Bomber Command during the Second World War. He was shot down, captured and subsequently imprisoned in a succession of prisoner of war camps in Germany before escaping and forming a network which assisted fellow escapers. Grimson remained on the run in the Third Reich, hunted by the Gestapo, but eventually disappeared probably having been captured and murdered by the SS in or after mid-April 1944 in the Danzig area.
context_section_description: Grimson trained at RAF Uxbridge and trained as aircrew to fly as a wireless operator/air gunner. After completing training he was posted to No. 37 Squadron RAF and commenced flying operational sorties in Vickers Wellington bombers at the outbreak of war.
caption: The Merlin-engined Wellington Mark II. This aircraft belongs to No. 104 Sqn.
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