Frank Thomas Sterbenz
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 844BS, 489BG, 8AF USAAF. A/C took off for mission. Unable to reach altitude and aborted mission. Attempting landing, A/C turned sharply to the left and crashed. Gas tanks and bombs exploded shortly thereafter. 25-Jun-44. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: AM, PH.
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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: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18082022 / O-693557
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Fay Day
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
California, PA | 24 November 1921 | Son of Frank and Rose Jellen Sterbenz. |
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Enlisted |
Pittsburgh, PA | 29 June 1942 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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Died |
Halesworth, UK | 25 June 1944 | Killed in crash landing 25-Jun-44. |
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Buried |
26 June 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK | |
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Based |
Halesworth | 25 June 1944 | Assigned to 844BS, 489BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Mount Calvary Cemetery Coal Center, Washington County, PA | Re-Interred Mount Calvary Cemetery Coal Center, Washington County, PA |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / losses of the 8th and 9th, vol r4 page 444 & Page 418 in the book 2ND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998 edition (D790.A2S45)