Frank Will Le Fever
Military ROLL OF HONOURFrank Le Fever was Left Waist gunner on B-24 #42-52191 "Lillie Belle" which was forced to ditch in the North Sea on return from a mission to Genshagen near Berlin on 6 March 1944. Killed in Action (KIA).
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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: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33037722
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-690648
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17159588
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33243195
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group
Missions
- Date: 6 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
16 April 1919 | Durand, Bryan County, Oklahoma | |
Enlisted |
6 November 1942 | Los Angeles, California | |
Other Killed In Action (KIA) |
6 March 1944 | in the loss of B-24 #42-52191 | |
Born |
Glendora, Los Angeles County, California | ||
Buried/ Commemorated |
Still listed as MIA, Frank Le Fever is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
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Added some punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3969, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces