Frank M Zeck
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down 8 November 1942 in B-17 41-24472 while serving as a Waist Gunner. Killed in Action (KIA). Remains were not recovered from the crash site.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
Missions
- Date: 8 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Lille, France | 8 November 1942 | Likely killed during a fighter attack and went down with the aircraft. There is no record that his remains were recovered from the crashed aircraft by the Germans. |
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 29-Oct-2014. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 16133.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 44 , MACR 16133