Frederick William McManus
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down 20 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30372 'Shack Rabbit II', Killed in Action (KIA).
Technical Sergeant Frederick W. McManus was born September 24, 1923. His next of kin were his mother, Anna McManus, and his brother, Richard McManus. He was from Brooklyn, New York.
On October 20, 1943, he was serving as the Radio Operator aboard “Shack Rabbit III,” B-17 tail #42-30372, of the 96th Bomb Group, 339th Bomb Squadron, when it went down over Blaton, Belgium. Like the 3 other KIA on board, he was buried on 22 October 1943 at the Chièvres communal cemetery, near Ath, Belgium. Since the war, Frederick McManus rests at the US Military Cemetery at Margraten, Holland.
See the pages for those of his fellow crew members who managed to evade at www.evasioncomete.be >>> search on 42-30372.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17062836 and O-678500
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner / Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13061919 and O-797521
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11066504
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron 413th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35335090
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18075384 and O-747132
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Shack Rabbit III
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 20 October 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Brooklyn, New York | 24 September 1923 | Technical Sergeant Frederick W. McManus was born September 24, 1923. His next of kin were his mother, Anna McManus, and his brother, Richard McManus. He was from Brooklyn, New York. |
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Died |
near Blaton-Bernissart, Belgium | 20 October 1943 | On October 20, 1943, he was serving as the Radio Operator aboard “Shack Rabbit III,” B-17 tail #42-30372, of the 96th Bomb Group, 339th Bomb Squadron, when it went down over Blaton, Belgium. |
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Buried |
He is buried at the US Military Cemetery at Margraten, Holland. |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Merged with duplicate record to include information from MACR 1017 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
IDPF and/or crash report researched by Bill Beigel. IDPF donated to American Air Museum by Bill Beigel. For more information about this flyer, you may contact http://ww2research.com.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1017; Snetterton Falcons, pg 59 & 76