Francis Thomas Eyre
Military
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Document 42164
1LT Frank Eyre, Bombardier
Items from personal files of COL Frank Eyre (USA Ret) & his son, COL Michael Eyre (USA Ret)
Frank Eyre was from Chicago and was my father. He was in the 453rd BG, 733 Sqdn. His Operations Officer was MAJ Jimmy Stewart. His flight engineer was Edmund Trzcinski- he was the author of "Stalag 17" which became a movie. Dad was the bombardier of the "Ruth Marie" & the "Iron Duke". He was a lead crewmember & flew 30 msns. He retired from the US Army in 1969 as a Colonel. He served in WW2, Korea, & Vietnam.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Top O The Mark
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron 754th Bomb Squadron
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The Liberator Men of Old Buc