Earl Frost
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 13253
93rd Bomb Group Roll of Honor at Hardwick Airfield Memorial Museum.
All information correct as on Roll of Honor board
B-24 Gunner SSgt. James Frost was killed in action. KIA, while TDY to 9th Air Force for Operation Tidal Wave, the bombing mission to Ploesti in his assigned B-24D, Eurocyldon The Storm, 42-40612. Only two crewmen survived bailing out and were taken prisoner. 10 KIA - 2 POW. 1 Aug 43
SSgt. James Frost's Awards : DFC - AM - PH
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Euroclydon The Storm
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in action |
1 August 1943 | ||
Born |
Geneva, New York | ||
Buried |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
ContributorAAM
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ABMC MACR 6465 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia