Frank Louis Stumpf
Military
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UPL 55519
Finfinger crew; 710th squadron, 447th bomb group. Photo taken at Harvard AAB, October 1943. Crew as assigned November 8, 1943, order in photo unknown: Lt. George E. FInfinger, Lt. Richard R. Bender, Lt. Eugene H. Rasmussen, Lt. Frank L. Stumpf, Sgt. John H. Thomas, Sgt. John J. Zebuski, Sgt. Harry Sarajian, Sgt. Harold F. Marok, Sgt. Edmund P. Walasinski, Sgt. Edwin J. Mulhall
Timothy Motz, from 447bg.com
Assigned to 710BS, 447BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down by flak and crashed E of Saarbrucken en-route to the target Regensburg on 25-Feb-44 in B-17 42-31431. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2891
Awards: AM (OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-742285
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Milwaukee, WI | 12 July 1919 | Son of Frank and Elizabeth Stumpf. |
Enlisted |
Milwaukee, WI | 18 November 1940 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 25 February 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
Died |
29 February 2016 | ||
Based |
Rattlesden | 25 February 1944 | Assigned to 710BS, 447BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Holy Cross Cemetery and Mausoleum Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI | Holy Cross Cemetery and Mausoleum Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2891 / MACR 2891, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database