Frank Lewis Gailer Jr
Military
Object Number - UPL 35124 - Brigadier General Frank L Gailer Jr
Assigned to 363FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited with 5.5 kills, plus one destroyed on the ground. Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Annaburg in P-51D 'Expectant' 44-11331. Hit by flak chasing Fw190's crashed near Hoof on 27-Nov-44 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 10473
Awards: DFC (OLC), LOM (2OLC), AM (20OLC), PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME(3 Bronze stars), American Campaign, National Defense, AF Commendation Medal.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Bakersfield, CA, USA | 13 November 1923 | Son of Frank L Gailer Snr. |
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Enlisted |
Long Island, New York, USA | 3 June 1942 | |
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Other Completed pilot training |
Eagle Pass, TX 78852, USA | 30 August 1943 | Completed training, commissioned 2nd Lieutenant at Eagle Pass AAF, Texas. |
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Other E/A Shared/destroyed [1.5] |
Germany | 13 September 1944 - 19 September 1944 | Shared destroyed - 1/2 Me109 13-Sep-44 1/2 Fw190 18-Sep-44 1/2 Me109 19-Sep-44 |
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Other Crashed |
Leiston IP16, UK | 26 September 1944 | Ground looped P-51C 42-103002 'Jeesil Peesil Mommy' Leiston 26-Sept-44. |
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Other E/A Destroyed |
Zeitz, Germany | 7 October 1944 | Fw190 destroyed SW Zeitz 7-Oct-44. |
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Other E/A Destroyed |
Germany | 12 October 1944 | Me109 destroyed 12-Sep-44. |
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Other Baled out |
20 miles SW of Magdeburg, Germany | 27 November 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Annaburg in P-51D 'Expectant' 44-11331. Hit by flak chasing Fw190's crashed near Hoof on 27-Nov-44 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 10473 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 27 November 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Other E/A Destroyed [2] |
Magdeburg, Germany | 27 November 1944 | 2 x Fw190 destroyed 15 miles SE Magdeburg 27-Nov-44 . |
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Other Crashed |
Barksdale AFB, LA, USA | 27 May 1948 | Taxiing Accident Barksdale AFB, LA Cat 2 damage Capt Frank L Gailer Jr, 27-May-48. C-47D 45-1009 - 533ASG |
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Other Crashed |
Phillips AAF (APG) (APG), Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005, USA | 22 September 1950 | Landing Accident due to Weather Phillips Field MD Cat 3 damage Capt Frank L Gailer Jr, 22-Sep-50. TB-26C 43-22743 - HQ SQN 2800CO |
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Based |
Leiston | 27 November 1944 | Assigned to 363FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. |
| Great Neck, NY, USA | According to 1930 census, resided with Aunt and Uncle in Queens, NY. |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10473 / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
