Frank Anthony Banell
Military
Rear L-R: 2Lt Edmund H Lutz, 2Lt,Frank A Banell, Unkn, Unkn, Unkn, 2Lt Andrew B Creo.
Front L-R: Unkn, Unkn, Unkn, Unkn.
Crew for 24-Mar-44 in B-17 42-30720 were 2Lt Andrew B Creo (P), 2Lt Edmund H Lutz (CP), 2Lt Frank A Banell (N), S/Sgt Carl B Christensen (Tog), Sgt's William M Martin (TT), Howard C Damon (RO), Elmer L Koelling (BT), Billy J Hancock (RW), Russell Boyd (LW), Lawrence E Becker (TG).
Object Number - UPL 40013 - "A crew of the 379th Bomb Group poses beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Fatso" at an 8th Air Force base in England, 24 March 1944." Rear...
Frank Banell served as a navigator with the 525th Bomb Squadron of the 379th Bomb Group as part of Andrew Creo's crew. They were transferred from Gunnery School to the 379th Bomb Group in February 1944.
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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: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32115202 / O-805406
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Revisions
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources
Special Order 50 transfers Creo's crew from Gunnery School to the 379th Bomb Group on 20 February 1944.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
379th Bombardment Group (H) Anthology, 1942-45; p. 159 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
