Frank Joseph Schick Jr
Military
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 5133 - The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
Shot down in B-17 44-6512 on 16 November 1944. He bailed out and became a POW. Missing Air Crew Report #10448.
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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: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-763902
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-719081
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 12138829
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38403556
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-697175
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot, co-pilot
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 16 November 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
21 December 1923 | ||
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Other Assigned |
26 July 1944 | Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 544th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #148 dated 26 July 1944, Joe R. Carnes Crew. 22 combat missions. | |
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Other Prisoner of War |
16 November 1944 | POW Camp: Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16 | |
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Died |
24 December 2007 |
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http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=3542
2015-07-16, consolidated records Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
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