Martin Everett Kranick

Military
media-44999.jpeg UPL 44999 2nd Lt Martin Kranick, 546BS, 384BG.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 44999 - 2nd Lt Martin Kranick, 546BS, 384BG.

Assigned to 546BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Phil MacPhail crew. 30 x combat missions. ETD





Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sweet Mama
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (SO-K, serial number 42-97204) of the 547th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Bob (R.L.) Coleman, Conn.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Skylark
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

North Bend, OR 23 January 1920 Son of Leslie Martin and Ethel M Kranick.

Enlisted

Omaha, NE 1 April 1942 Omaha, Nebraska

Other

Accepted commission

24 June 1943 Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant.

Died

Port Orford, OR 13 March 1963

Buried

Bandon IOOF Cemetery, Bandon, Coos County, OR 17 March 1963 IOOF Cemetery Bandon, Coos County, Oregon

Based

Grafton Underwood Assigned to 546BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Promotion

Promoted 1st Lieutenant.

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