Francis Carrol Krahling

Military
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Object Number - UPL 42988 - Francis Krahling’s Dog Tag on page 20 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/139543154 (NARA)

Shot down 22 April 1944 in B-17 #42-40000 "Just Nothing". Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

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

People

Harlan David Bunn

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38301982
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

John Edmond Guy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34601212
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Harvey G Hesse

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-802566
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
King George VI meets the crew of a B-24 Liberator during his first official visit to the 93rd Bomb Group at Alconbury. 11 November 1942. In front from left to right: Colonel E.J. Timberlake; King George VI; Lieutenant L.F. Schmidt, from New Hampton, New York; Captain C.A. Culpepper, from Poplarville, Missouri; Captain C.D. Lee, from Spartansburg, South Carolina. In back from left to right: Sergeant Phillip Salamon, from Archibald, Pennsylvania; Sergeant Oda A. Smathers, from Ashville, North Carolina; Serg

Charles Dixon Lee

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 93rd Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-370171
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot / Co-Pilot

Prevost Marshall

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron Headquarters (91st Bomb Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-419035
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Navigator; Bombardier

Aircraft

42-40000

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Just Nothing / Quad Zero
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron

Missions

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29155) nicknamed "Picadilly Commando" of the 446th Bomb Group. First handwritten caption on reverse: '446BG B/24 leaving Ruhr on its way home 22 April 1944.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: '22/4/44, 21,000 Ft. Hamm, smoke screen in distance.'

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  • Date: 22 April 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

4 January 1924 Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Enlisted

16 June 1942 Bolling Field, Anacostia, District of Columbia

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

22 April 1944 Interned at Stalag Luft 3 in Sagan/Zagan, Poland. Force-marched from there to Stalag 7A in Moosburg, Germany. Liberated there by US troops on 29 April 1945. NARA WWII POW record : “Returned to Military Control 12 June 1945.”

Died

12 January 2003
Washington, District of Columbia

Buried/ Commemorated

Francis Krahling rests at the Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, Florida

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Frank Scorsune was not on board 42-40000 when it was lost

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Connection with Prevost Marshall

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MACR 4259
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
WWII Draft Card
VA Gravesite Locator
Veterans Affairs BIRLS death File

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MACR 4259

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4259 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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