Douglas Nastrom Franke

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-5494.jpeg UPL 5494 This photograph was taken soon after they'd arrived in the UK. They started flying missions the next day.

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Object Number - UPL 5494 - This photograph was taken soon after they'd arrived in the UK. They started flying missions the next day.

Douglas N Franke served as a navigator with the 392nd Bomb Group. He was shot down on mission to Berlin on 29 April 1944 in B-24 #427510 'El Lobo'. The aircraft crashed into a wooded area outside of Dinklage, Germany. All of the crew were Killed in Action (KIA).



AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH w/ Oak Leaf Cluster

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Units served with

The insignia of the 392nd Bomb Group.

392nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

The damaged tail of a B-24 Liberator nicknamed "El Lobo (The Wolf)" of the 392nd Bomb Group Handwritten caption on reverse: '20/12/43 C, 152. 152/RF WD154. 392BG B-24 after heavy flak at Brememn 12/20/43.' Printed caption on reverse: '27267 USAF - England. After "dishing it out" in a hectic mission over Occupied Europe, this B-24 Liberator bomber of the U.S. Army 8th Air Force proved it could "take it" as well by safely returning to its base in Britain in spite of the serious damage to the tail structure.

42-7510

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: El Lobo
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 579th Bomb Squadron 2101st Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Anoka, MN, USA 1 February 1923

Died

Dinklage, Germany 29 April 1944 Plane crashed in wooded area near Dinklage, Germany whilst on the way back from a mission to Berlin. Crew Killed In Action (KIA).

Buried

Minneapolis, MN, USA Hillside Cemetery

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ContributorLucy May
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Brought in information from duplicate record. Sources:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4461, ABMC / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Also correspondence with Douglas N Franke's great-nephew, Dan.

See also: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=franke&GSfn=dougl…;

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ContributorIWMPM
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USAAC

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ContributorJenny
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Information added from niece

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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 / http://www.b-24.net/aircrew/fnames.html">http://www.b-24.net/aircrew/fnames.html>; MACR 4461; Losses of the Eighth and Ninth Air Forces

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