Frank Elwood Welshon Jr

Military

Assigned to 360BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 11 x missions.

 

Awards: AM, EAME, WWII Victory.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

44-6517

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Old Cock
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Moundsville, West Virginia 19 November 1920 Born Moundsville, West Virginia

Enlisted

Huntington, West Virginia 26 August 1942 Enlisted Huntington, West Virginia

Other

Discharged

1 December 1945

Died

18 May 2023

Buried

Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio 23 May 2023 Interred Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/609069753

https://www.fold3.com/record/88886807/frank-e-welshon-jr-wwii-army-enli…

http://www.303rdbg.com/360welshon.html?fbclid=IwAR3O0_kaJDyIhhR6MSbwZ8E…

https://legacy.catalog.archives.gov/id/146951037

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/254124156/frank-e-welshon

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.303rdbg.com/360welshon.html