Frank Mishaga

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by fighters and crashed at Goslar in B-24 42-110138.



Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

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Units served with

Colonel Larry Thomas of the 453rd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Col Larry Thomas 453BG.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

"Movement of Unit Flight Echelon, 491st Bomb Gp (H), dd 14 Mar 44 & amendments thereto dd 18 Unr 44 & 22 Mar 44 & 2nd AF Memo 35-2, dd 11 Apr 44• This is a TEMPORARY change of station.
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Flying Bull, Buffalo
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 491st Bomb Group 733rd Bomb Squadron 852nd Bomb Squadron

Events

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Killed in action

16 August 1944

Born

Belleville, New Jersey, USA

Buried

Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands, O-18-8

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8424 / MACR 8424, The Liberator Men of Old Buc / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database