Arnold Emil Frantz
Military
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UPL 41808
The Chelmore Crew. Unfortunately not all identified
Back Row Left is believed to be Hugh Jack, Ball Turret Gunner
Back Row Second left is confirmed as Pilot Floyd Chesmore
Back Row Centre is confirmed as Co-Pilot Leroy Teachey
Back Row Right is confirmed as Paul Manno
Back Row Left is believed to be Hugh Jack, Ball Turret Gunner
Back Row Second left is confirmed as Pilot Floyd Chesmore
Back Row Centre is confirmed as Co-Pilot Leroy Teachey
Back Row Right is confirmed as Paul Manno
Picture Courtesy of Josephine Manno. Daughter of Paul
Shot down by flak and crashed along the Scheldt River on the return from a mission to Frankfurt am Main, GR on 2 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-39960. Evaded. Hidden in Belgium until the Liberation of the country in September 1944. Escape & Evasion Report E&E 1755.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32424382
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16071285
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31128337
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14054768 at enlistment, then O-747920
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
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Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Boston, Erie County, New York | 6 December 1919 | Boston, Erie County, New York |
Other Evaded capture |
2 March 1944 | with the help of Belgian citizens and members of the Résistance. Hidden in Belgium until the Liberation | |
Colden, Erie County, New York |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2856 / MACR 2856, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database