Francis Monroe Green
MilitaryMissing in Action (MIA) 14 July 1943 in B-17 #42-3330. No Missing Air Crew Report for this loss has been located. Evaded. E&E Report #105
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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: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33212942
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37203355
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18083636 and O-670142
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12012450 and O-736542
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18080847
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 14 July 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
23 October 1922 | Francis Monroe GREEN | |
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Enlisted |
Boston, MA, USA | 30 December 1941 | as a Private in the Air Corps in Boston, Massachusetts, 30 December 1941. Re-enlisted, again as a Private in the Air Corps, at Chanute Filed, Illinois, 10 October 1945. |
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Other Evaded |
14 July 1943 - 19 September 1943 | Evaded capture, thanks to French citizens and underground members. Reached Gibraltar 19 September 1943 through France, Andorra and Spain. Left Gibraltar by air and landed in England on 21 September 1943. | |
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Died |
Barnes, Kansas, United States | 1 March 2008 | |
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Born |
Greenleaf, Washington County, Kansas, United States |
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Sources
NARA WWII Enlistment records
Escape & Evasion report E&E 105 http://media.nara.gov/nw/305270/EE-105.pdf
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / E&E 105 / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey pp. 180-181 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database