Frank E McCann
Military
UPL 72676
UPL 72676
Top Row: Lt. Seymour Deutsch-NavigatorFrank McCann-Bombardier
Front Row: Robert M. Neal Co-Pilot
Arlyss (Duane) Wineinger Pilot
493rd Bomber Group/862nd Bomb Squad
Army Air Corps 8th Air Force (The Mighty Eighth)
Robin Deutsch Collection
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Confirmed Frank McCann-Bombardier in the photo next to my father Seymour Deutsch.
Object Number - UPL 72676 - Top Row: Lt. Seymour Deutsch-Navigator Frank McCann-Bombardier Front Row: Robert M. Neal Co-Pilot Arlyss...
Flew 36 missions with the same crews 12 missions on B-24' and 24 on B-17's
15 missions in 'Day's Pay'. 43-38223
51,000 employees at the Hanford Engineer Works donated one day’s pay to purchase the airplane, a B-17 bomber, as their contribution to the war effort.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-716381
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Shoo Shoo Baby aka The Missouri Mule
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History, http://493bgdebach.co.uk/roster_list.php
