Frank R Holt

Military
media-21869.jpeg UPL 21869 Crew Chief Frank Hollopeter, running up engine #3 on a B-17G

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Object Number - UPL 21869 - Crew Chief Frank Hollopeter, running up engine #3 on a B-17G

Frank R Holt and Frank R Hollopeter are the same person. Along with two of his brothers (although not the two who also served with the 8th Air Force in England, Wayne and Earl), he changed his last name from Hollopeter to Holt in 1963. After WWII, he earned a degree in engineering at Purdue University and went to work in the aerospace industry. His career with Northrop eventually took him to the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, where he helped put men on the moon, participating in the U.S. space program from Gemini through the Shuttle. He also remained in the Air Force Reserve, eventually achieving the rank of Lt. Colonel. He died in 1998.

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A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15058832
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Crew Chief

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Born

Indiana, USA 3 August 1920

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486th BG/832ndBS / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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