Harlan Bunn
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 22 April 1944 in B-17 #42-40000 "Just Nothing". Prisoner of War (POW).
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Francis Carrol Krahling
Military
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Francis Krahling’s Air Medal award card on page 915 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/139494018 (NARA)
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Francis Krahling’s Dog Tag on page 20 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/139543154 (NARA)
Shot down 22 April 1944 in B-17 #42-40000 "Just Nothing". Prisoner of War (POW).
Service
People
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John Guy
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 22 April 1944 in B-17 #42-40000 "Just Nothing". Prisoner of War (POW). -
Harvey Hesse
Military | Captain | Pilot | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 22 April 1944 in B-17 #42-40000 "Just Nothing". Killed in Action (KIA). -
Charles Lee
Military | Major | Pilot; Co-Pilot | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Charles D. Lee flew with the 93rd BG in 1943 and then transferred to the 91st BG on 24 January 1944. Became Group Operations Officer on 7 February 1944 in the 91st BG. Shot down 22 April 1944 in B-17 #42-40000 "Just Nothing". Prisoner of War (POW). -
Prevost Marshall
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Navigator; Bombardier | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Arrived in England in July 1943. Shot down on 10th mission over Hamm (Ruhr) on 22 April 1922 in B-17 #42-40000 "Just Nothing". Prisoner of War (POW). -
John Ryan
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 22 April 1944 in B-17 42-40000 'Just Nothing. ' Prisoner of War (POW). -
Fred Snavely
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 22 April 1944 in B-17 #42-40000 "Just Nothing". Prisoner of War (POW). -
Leonard Sterle
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Fire broke out near the top turret shortly after take off on mission to Eschweiler in B-17G # 42-40009 on 24 Jan 1944. RTD. Shot down 22 April 1944 in B-17 #42-40000 "Just Nothing". Prisoner of War (POW). He flew on the Charles D. Lee, Jr. crew. -
Jay Suldan
Military | Lieutenant | Navigator | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 22 April 1944 in B-17 #4240000 'Just Nothing. ' Prisoner of War (POW). POW -
Charles Williams
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 22 April 1944 in B-17 #42-40000 "Just Nothing". Killed in action (KIA).
Units served with
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91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Group
The 91st Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated at Harding Field, Louisiana on 15-April-1942 and went to MacDill Field, Florida for the first phase of training from 16-May-1942 to 25-June-1942. The Group was then assigned to 2nd Air Force at Walla... -
324th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Home of the Memphis Belle
Aircraft
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42-40000 Just Nothing / Quad Zero
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Long Beach 29/10/43. Gr Island 12/11/43. Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-F] Bassingbourn 4/1/44. ...
Missions
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311
22 April 1944
Associated Place
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Bassingbourn
Military site : airfield
Now home to a museum all about the aifield and its USAAF residents (http://www.towermuseumbassingbourn.co.uk/) , Bassingbourn opened in 1938 as part of the RAF's pre-war expansion programme. The RAF continued to use it until late in 1942 when its long...
Events
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| Born | 4 January 1924 | |
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States |
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| Lived in | 1942 | |
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Washington, District of Columbia |
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| Enlisted | 16 June 1942 | |
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Bolling Field, Anacostia, District of Columbia |
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| Prisoner of War (POW) | 22 April 1944 – 1945 | |
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Interned at Stalag Luft 3 in Sagan/Zagan, Poland. Force-marched from there to Stalag 7A in Moosburg, Germany. Liberated there by US troops on 29 April 1945. NARA WWII POW record : “Returned to Military Control 12 June 1945.” |
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| Buried | 2003 | |
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Francis Krahling rests at the Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, Florida |
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| Died | 12 January 2003 | |
Revisions
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| 02 May 2020 10:31:26 | ED-BB | Changes to person associations |
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Frank Scorsune was not on board 42-40000 when it was lost |
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| 02 May 2020 08:28:48 | ED-BB | Changes to person associations |
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Connection with Prevost Marshall |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 01 May 2020 14:48:19 | ED-BB | Changes to middlename, service number, biography, awards and events |
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MACR 4259 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 29 April 2020 09:04:24 | ED-BB | Changes to middlename, service number, person associations and mission associations |
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MACR 4259 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:09:45 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4259 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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