Franklin B Resseguie
Military
Personal collection of Curtis Shepard
Object Number - UPL 43890 - Franklin B Resseguie
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 18 October 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Bailed Out |
Arras, France | 18 October 1943 | Bailed out over France after being hit by German Fighter. Escaped capture. Events are captured in a book written by him, Feathers on The Wind. |
|
Born |
Pennsylvania |
Revisions
Missing Air Crew Report , Book entitled Feathers on the Wind by Franklin B. Resseguie
Lee Cunningham 7-Jul-2015. Correcting typos in event notes and Biography.
Lee Cunningham 7-Jul-2015. Added connections to PLace, AIrcraft and Mission within existing website data; Added Ditching event per MACR 889; Added Summary Biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000 MACR 889 / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list