Frank D Bradford II
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 26991
Capt Frank D Bradford II, 338FS, 55FG.
Assigned to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited with 1 x destroyed and 1 x damaged. Lost whilst strafing a train (crashed into ground) twenty miles east of Frankfurt, Germany. Killed in action (KIA). 17-Feb-45.
Awards: AM (4OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Pasadena, CA, USA | 5 May 1942 | |
Based |
Wormingford | 3 September 1944 - 17 February 1945 | Assigned to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Promotion |
Wormingford, UK | 16 October 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
Other E/A Destroyed |
Frankfurt, Germany | 24 December 1944 | Fw190 destroyed (air) E/Frankfurt. 24-Dec-44. |
Other E/A Damaged |
Frankfurt, Germany | 24 December 1944 | Fw190 damaged (air) E/Frankfurt. 24-Dec-44. |
Other Promotion |
Wormingford, UK | 7 February 1945 | Promoted to Captain. |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Frankfurt, Germany | 17 February 1945 | Lost whilst strafing a train (crashed into ground) twenty miles east of Frankfurt, Germany. Killed in action (KIA). 17-Feb-45. |
Born |
Santa Clara County, CA, USA | ||
Stanislaus County, CA, USA |
Revisions
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Sources
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- Combat Chronology;
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia