Frank John Nebus

Military

Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Leipzig in B-17 'Belle of the Barbary Coast' 42-37981 Lost due to mech failure and shot down by Fw190 crashed near Burkhorst 7-Jul-44. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7222.



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14076431 / O-812294
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Belle of the Barbary Coast
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

South Amboy, New Jersey 2 November 1923

Enlisted

Camden, NJ, USA 4 December 1942

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 7 July 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Other

Baled out

Dannefeld, 39649 Gardelegen, Germany 7 July 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Leipzig in B-17 'Belle of the Barbary Coast' 42-37981 Lost due to mech failure and shot down by Fw190 crashed near Burkhorst 7-Jul-44. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7222.

Died

Matawan, NJ 07747, USA 15 November 1993

Based

Deenethorpe 7 July 1944 Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/28670019
https://www.fold3.com/record/14975374-frank-j-nebus
https://www.fold3.com/page/83599027-frank-j-nebus/facts
We Were Eagles Volume Three: The Eighth Air Force at War June to October 1944 By Martin W. Bowman

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7222 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database