Frank Louis Stumpf

Military
media-55519.jpeg 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

Object Number - 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...

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

The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • 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
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.
  • 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

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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

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