Frank E McCauley

Military
A P-47 Thunderbolt of the 56th Fighter Group scores a direct hit on a German fighter aircraft, causing it to explode in mid-air, 19 August 1943. Gun Camera image. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Picture #5. Gun camera sequence - Capt. Johnson & Lt. McCauley. Regensburg-Schweinfurt 19 Aug 1943.' media-401289.jpg FRE 2537 A P-47 Thunderbolt of the 56th Fighter Group scores a direct hit on a German fighter aircraft, causing it to explode in mid-air, 19 August 1943. Gun Camera image. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Picture #5. Gun camera sequence - Capt. Johnson & Lt. McCauley. Regensburg-Schweinfurt 19 Aug 1943.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 2537 - A P-47 Thunderbolt of the 56th Fighter Group scores a direct hit on a German fighter aircraft, causing it to explode in mid-air, 19 August 1943. Gun...

Ace P-47 fighter pilot. Flew 46 missions, many in P-47C 41-6271 HV-Z “Rat Racer".

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Hicksville, OH 43526, USA 9 November 1916

Died

Hamilton, MT 59840, USA 1 June 2017

Buried

Missoula, MT, USA At the Western Montana State Veterans Cemetery

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ContributorLucy May
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Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/
http://missoulian.com/news/local/hamilton-s-world-war-ii-ace-accorded-f…
https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=179953032

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.56thfightergroup.co.uk/personnel.htm

Frank E McCauley: Gallery (4 items)

A P-47 Thunderbolt of the 56th Fighter Group scores an aerial victory during a mission over Schweinfurt, 19 August 1943. Hubert Zemke (56th Fighter Group has handwritten on the reverse: 'Picture # 3 Gun camera sequence Capt GW Johnson & 1st Lieut Frank E McCauley. This last accomplishment made Captain GW Johnson the first ace in the 56th Fighter Group. It was not until the October 1943 that I tagged a FW 190 to become the second Ace in the 56th Fighter Group. From that time on Acedom picked up through the

Object number: FRE 10000 - A P-47 Thunderbolt of the 56th Fighter Group...

A P-47 Thunderbolt of the 56th Fighter Group scores a direct hit on a German fighter aircraft, causing it to explode in mid-air, 19 August 1943. Gun Camera image. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Picture #5. Gun camera sequence - Capt. Johnson & Lt. McCauley. Regensburg-Schweinfurt 19 Aug 1943.'

Object number: FRE 2537 - A P-47 Thunderbolt of the 56th Fighter Group...

Captain GW Johnson of the 56th Fighter Group scores an aerial victory during a mission over Schweinfurt. 19 August 1942. Gun camera image. Hubert Zemke (56th Fighter Group) has handwritten on the reverse: ' Picture # 2. Gun Camera Sequence Capt GW Johnson & 1st Lieut Frank E McCauley. Two days after this excort mission-Capt GW Johnson scored a triple aerial victory in a series of combats on another ramrod against Rijen (bomber target) 19 August 1942.'

Object number: FRE 9996 - Captain GW Johnson of the 56th Fighter Group...

A P-47 Thunderbolt of the 56th Fighter Group scores a direct hit during a raid over Schwienfurt, 19 August 1943. Gun camera image Hubert Zemke (56th Fighter Group) has handwritten on the reverse: Picture # 1 Gun camera sequence. A Me110 hit early by JW Johnson 61st Fighter Sq. Capt JW Johnson 61st Ftr Sq & 1st Lieut Frank E McCauley 61st Ftr Sq. 1st Schwienfurt-Regensburg raid Ramrod 19 Aug 1943. This e/a disintegrated in a firey blaze falling thru the B-17 bomber formation but not striking one aircraft-

Object number: FRE 9998 - A P-47 Thunderbolt of the 56th Fighter Group...