Frank James Saunders
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Rostock in B-17 42-37876 'Miss Raps-O-Dee' 11-Apr-44; Shot down, plane crashed into Baltic off Bornholm Island. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3804
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-749329
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Struggle Bunny : Batchas Patches : Miss Raps-O-D
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Yakima, Washington, USA | 15 February 1915 | Son of Elanor Saunders. |
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Enlisted |
Tacoma, WA | 5 August 1942 | Tacoma Washington |
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Died |
Off Bornholm Island | 11 April 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Rostock in B-17 42-37876 'Miss Raps-O-Dee' 11-Apr-44; Shot down, plane crashed into Baltic off Bornholm Island. KIA MACR 3804 |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Molesworth | 11 April 1944 | Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3804 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database