Frank Allen Cutler

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-36276.jpeg UPL 36276 "Lt. Frank A. Cutler of Cleveland, Ohio, holds up three fingers, indicating the triple victory he scored in the greatest bombing attack ever carried out against Nazi fighter production plants 20 February."

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Object Number - UPL 36276 - "Lt. Frank A. Cutler of Cleveland, Ohio, holds up three fingers, indicating the triple victory he scored in the greatest bombing attack ever carried...

Collided with a Messerschmitt Bf-109 during aerial combat while flying escort mission in P-51B 42-106483 crashed near Grimmen, Germany Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4699



Awards: DFC (3OLC), AM (3OLC), SS (OLC), EAME (2 Battle Stars), American Campaign, PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

42-106483

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron

42-8652

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: The Bid
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron

43-6578

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Soldiers Vote
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron 486th Fighter Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Bodney airfield, looking south east, the barrack sites are in the top centre of the image, 8 June 1945. Photograph taken by No. 542 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/369. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Bodney

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Royal Air Force Bodney
Aerial photograph of Warton airfield looking north, the Ribble Estuary is on the left, 22 June 1949. Photograph taken by No. 58 Squadron, sortie number RAF/58/255. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Warton

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: BAD-2

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Lakewood, OH, USA 17 October 1920 Son of Glenn and Grace Amanda[Allen] Cutler.

Based

Warton 15 November 1943 - 5 February 1944 Transferred to 310FRS, 27ATG, 8AF USAAF.

Based

Bodney 5 February 1944 - 13 May 1944 Transferred to 486FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Promotion

Bodney, UK 7 May 1944 Promoted to Captain.

Died

Grimmen, Germany 13 May 1944 Collided with a Messerschmitt Bf-109 during aerial combat while flying escort mission Killed in Action (KIA)

Buried

Knollwood Cemetery, Mayfield Heights, Cuyahoga, OH 13 August 1949 Knollwood Cemetery, Mayfield Heights, Cuyahoga, OH
Cleveland, OH

Based

Bodney 15 November 1943 Assigned to 486FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126878608/frank-allen-cutler

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Contributormillebr
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Sources

TogetherWeServed.com; Ancestry.com - Family Trees; U.S., Find A Grave Index; MACR 4699

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4699 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

Frank Allen Cutler: Gallery (4 items)

Pilots of the 486th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group, in front of P-47 Thunderbolt (PZ-R, serial number 42-8412), named "Sweetie" at Bodney air base in March 1944. Left to right, top row: Lieutenant Woodrow W. Anderson, Lieutenant Stanley G. Miles, Lieutenant Frank A. Cutler, Lieutenant Martin E. Corcoran, Lieutenant Donald Y. Whinnem. Left to right, middle row: Lieutenant-Colonel Luther H. Richmond, Captain Stephen W. Andrew, Lieutenant Thomas W. Colby, Lieutenant Henry J. Miklajyck, Captain Edward

Object number: FRE 333 - Pilots of the 486th Fighter Squadron, 352nd...

Object number: UPL 23673 - Frank Allen Cutler (ca. 1943)

Object number: UPL 36275 - "Two Eighth Air force fighter pilots who...

Object number: UPL 36276 - "Lt. Frank A. Cutler of Cleveland, Ohio, holds up...