Edward Harold Frost

Military
media-24438.jpeg UPL 24438 Crew members of Bomb' N Belle :
Back, left to right : Joseph Keenan; Robert Sasse, Edward Frost and Raymond McCarthy.
Front, left to right : Eugene Szulczewski, Paul Dickerson, Richard Kindig (not Kindic !) and Andrew Marcin (not Marsin !) Hutchinson & Cortright

Corrected 2 names in the crew photo
MACR 4938

Object Number - UPL 24438 - Crew members of Bomb' N Belle : Back, left to right : Joseph Keenan; Robert Sasse, Edward Frost and Raymond McCarthy. Front, left to right : Eugene...

Shot down 20 May 1944 in B-17 #42-37864. Evaded (EVD). Back in England by air 15 September 1944.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35201269
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12120493 at enlistment, then O-700733
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35549145
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33261086
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16089784
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Bombn Belle
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 447th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron 709th Bomb Squadron 812th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Marty
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Deerfield, Lake County, Illinois, United States 24 February 1919

Enlisted

6 January 1942 Chicago, Illinois

Enlisted

6 January 1942 Chicago, Illinois

Other

Bailed out

20 May 1944 of B-17 #42-37864 over Holland

Other

Evaded capture

20 May 1944 - 13 September 1944 Helped by Belgian citizens and members of the Résistance. Liberated in Liège, Belgium by US troops

Other

Bailed out

20 May 1944 of B-17 #42-37864 over Holland, landed in Belgium

Other

Evaded capture

20 May 1944 - 13 September 1944 with the help of Belgian citizens and members of the Résistance. Liberated in Lège by US troops

Died

23 May 2005 Spartanburg, South Carolina

Died

23 May 2005 Spartanburg, South Carolina
Deerfield, Illinois
Deerfield, Illinois

Revisions

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

MACR 4938
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft Card
Escape & Evasion Report E&E 2127

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

MACR 4938
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft Card
Escape & Evasion Report E&E 2127

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4938 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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