Frank Douglas Hequembourg Jr

Military

Assigned to 332BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 24-Apr-44 in B-17 42-97138. Crashed in Switzerland. Interned.

 

Awards: AM, EAME, WWII Victory.

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

24 December 0042 EnlistedSikeston, Missouri

Born

6 September 1917 BornCharleston, Missouri

Other

Training

Carlsbad, New Mexico 13 May 1943 "He graduated from Central High School In 1938 and had three years at the Teachers College. F D. Hequembourg, a son of Mr. and Mrs Frank D. Hequembourg of Charleston, has reported to the navigation school at the Carlsbad Army Alr Base at Carlsbad, New Mexico. He recently received his wings at the New Mexico advanced flying school."

Other

Interned

24 April 1944

Died

25 November 1979 DiedJefferson City, Missouri

Buried

28 November 1979 InterredIOOF CemeteryCharleston, Missouri

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4262