Frank Spitznagel
Military | Major | Pilot | 305th Bomb Group Can Do
Born November 5, 1919 in Buffalo, NY.
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Military
Crew completed 25 missions by 19 August 1943
Military | Major | Pilot | 305th Bomb Group Can Do
Born November 5, 1919 in Buffalo, NY.
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 305th Bomb Group Can Do
Flew 29 missions over Germany, France etc. Plane was Reich's Ruin from Dec '43-March -44.
Air Medal w 3/Oak Leaf Clusters/ DFC
Group
The 305th Bombardment Group (Heavy), nicknamed "Can Do" was activated 1-March-1942 at Salt Lake City Air Base, Utah which was their primary training base until 11-Jun-1942 when they relocated to Geiger Field, Washington until 29-Jun-1942, then on to...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 26/1/43; Salina 12/2/43; Assigned 364BS/305BG [WF-H/J/N/D] Chelveston 4/3/43. Completed missions as "Spitz Fire" under command of Lt. Frank R. Spitznagel Jr. until 8/19/43; transferred 381BG Ridgewell 11/9/43 1m; 526BS/379BG [LF-U]...
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27 September 2014 18:25:00 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / F. R. Spitznagel, Pilot |