Kenneth Ellsworth Frazee
Military
Family. I am his grand daughter
Object Number - UPL 68632 - This is my grandfather Louis Joseph Trosclair. He was part of Kenneth Frazee and Edward Appel crew. His b24 went down on Sept 5, 1944 over surbourg,...
Prisoner of War (POW). Was Pilot of B-24 #42-50511 which crashed near Surbourg, Alsace, France on 5 September 1944. MACR 8599.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Observer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 445th Bomb Group 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron Headquarters (93rd Bomb Group)
- Service Numbers: 19018109 / O-745854
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Pilot / Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 5 September 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Georgetown, Mississippi, USA | 22 April 1923 | Winsted, Connecticut |
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Enlisted |
20 September 1942 | Hartford, Connecticut | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
5 September 1944 | Interned at Stalag Luft 1 in Barth, Germany. NARA WWII POW records : "Returned to Military Control 20 June 1945." | |
| Litchfield, Connecticut |
Revisions
It's Frazee not Frazes...
MACR 8599
WWII Draft Cards
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8599 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database