Francis Burette Cater
MilitaryRWG, 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
- 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: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-811523
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15377732
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32489361
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39406766
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- 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
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Baby Dumpling, Danny Dumpling
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 5 January 1944
- Date: 4 January 1944
- Date: 31 December 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | 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
WWII Draft Cards
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
Veterans affairs BIRLS Death files
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