Frank Lekas
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 53970 - S/Sgt Frank Lekas, 384BG
Assigned to 545th 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Solingen. Shot down 1-Dec-43 in B-17 41-24557 'Damn Yankees'. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
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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 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-796910
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Damn Yankee
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Epinal American Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Newark, NJ | 8 October 1942 | Newark, New Jersey |
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Died |
Snellengem, Belgium | 1 December 1943 | |
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Born |
Jersey City, New Jersey, USA | ||
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Grafton Underwood | 1 December 1943 | Assigned to 545th 384BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial | Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial Lorraine, France Plot A Row 7 Grave 46 |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1334 / MACR 1334, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
