Frank W Bruehl

Military

Frank Bruehl was Navigator on board B-17 #44-8352, hit by Flak, exploded and crashed in Hamelin-Pyrmont, 100km SW of Hannover, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

493rd Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

862nd Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Arthur W Donovan

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-773313
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier / Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer

William J Gleason

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-805267
Highest Rank: Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

Thomas J Heilman

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 15343959
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Waist Gunner

William H Lawrence

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 36856047
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Richard B Malone

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-765018
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

44-8352

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 861st Bomb Squadron

Missions

A B-17 Flying Fortress (EP-E, serial number 42-31767) nicknamed "Our Gal Sal" of the 100th Bomb Group at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. Written on slide casing: 'Our Gal Sal EP-E, 231767 at Mount Farm.'

772

Date: 31 December 1944

Places

B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 34th Bomb Group at Mendelsham. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Mendelsham Red Sqdn, 18 BS 5/45.'

Mendlesham

Site type: Airfield
Known as: RAF Mendlesham

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born

Revisions

Date7 May 2020 12:26:50

ContributorED-BB

ChangesChanges to unit associations

Sources

Corrected Squadron

Date7 May 2020 12:22:14

ContributorED-BB

ChangesChanges to service number, biography, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations and mission associations

Sources

MACR 11235
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
WWII Draft Card
Veterans Affairs BIRLS death File

Date27 Sep 2014 18:10:11

ContributorAAM

ChangesAAM ingest

Sources

MACR 11235 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database