Francis Burette Cater

Military

RWG, Zeman crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 5 January 1944 in B-17 #42-30676 'Baby Dumpling'. Mission #57 to the airfield at Tours, France. Hit by an air to air rocket. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 1962. Prisoner of War at Stalag Lufts 1 and 4.

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Units served with

381st Bomb Group

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

532nd Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Frank R Bisagna

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-811523
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

Raymond Francis Chevraux

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 15377732
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: waist gunner

George M Day

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 32489361
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Burton A Givan

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 39406766
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator

Herve Arthur Leroux

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 11091380
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

42-30676

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Baby Dumpling, Danny Dumpling
Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

8th Air Force 176

Date: 5 January 1944

8th Air Force 174

Date: 4 January 1944

A B-17 Flying Fortress (DF-B, serial number 42-37779) nicknamed "Pistol Packin' Mama", of the 91st Bomb Group in flight during a mission over France, 14 January 1944.

61036 AC - (A)- Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" of the 91st Bomb Gp. 8th AF, enroute to bomb target at Croisette, France. 1/14/44. (Altitude 12,100 feet.)

VIII Bomber Command 171

Date: 31 December 1943

Places

Ridgewell

Site type: Airfield

Stalag Luft I

Site type: Prisoner of war camp
Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Stalag Luft IV

Site type: Prisoner of war camp
Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event	Date	Description
Born	12 March 1923	in Selma, Alabama
Enlisted	13 January 1943	Fort McClellan, Alabama
Other Bailed out	5 January 1944	of B-17 42-30676 north-west of Tours, France
Other made prisoner	5 January 1944	Between Tours and La Suze-sur-Sarthe, France
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	5 January 1944	Interned at Stalag Luft 1 in Barth, Germany and Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow (Tychowo), Poland. NARA WWII POW records : "Returned to Military Control 21 July 1945."
Other Honorably discharged	19 November 1945	Birmingham, Alabama
Died	18 August 2001
		Birmingham, Alabama
Buried		Francis (Frank) Cater rests at the Jonesboro Memorial Park Cemetery in Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas.

Revisions

Date26 Oct 2018 12:31:48

ContributorED-BB

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Sources

WWII Draft Cards
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
Veterans affairs BIRLS Death files

Date23 Jan 2018 04:09:15

ContributorARowe95

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ARowe95

Date27 Sep 2014 18:09:44

ContributorAAM

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1962 / MACR 1962, 8th AF Losses / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database