Frank Anthony Bakaitis

Military

Assigned to 855BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF.

 

Awards: EAME, WWII Victory

Connections

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Units served with

A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'

491st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

A shark mouth B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40101, "War Weary") nicknamed "Tubarao" of the 491st Bomb Group, used as a flight assembly ship. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: 'Tubarao, 491 BG Mount Farm.'

44-40101

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Tubarao
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

New Haven, Connecticut 7 January 1919 BornNew Haven, Connecticut

Enlisted

Hartford, Connecticut 13 July 1942 EnlistedHartford, Connecticut

Other

Discharged

8 October 1945

Died

Ansonia, Connecticut 10 February 1992 DiedAnsonia, Connecticut

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/606109836

https://www.fold3.com/record/85576938/frank-a-bakaitis-us-wwii-army-enlistment-records-1938-1946

https://www.fold3.com/record/4172580/frank-a-bakaitis-us-social-security-death-index

https://www.fold3.com/record/622329334/frank-bakaitis-1919-us-veterans-affairs-birls-death-file-1850-2010

 

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / WWW.491st.org roster