Francis Carrol Krahling

Military
media-42988.png UPL 42988 Francis Krahling’s Dog Tag on page 20 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/139543154 (NARA)

page 20 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/139543154

Object Number - UPL 42988 - 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).

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People

John W Ryan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron 401st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-750255
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Fred Allen Snavely

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13021884
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Leonard Joseph Sterle

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15329424
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Jay Harold Suldan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-809758
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Charles Elmer Williams

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18201511
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

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Born

4 January 1924 Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Enlisted

16 June 1942 Bolling Field, Anacostia, District of Columbia

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

22 April 1944 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.”

Died

12 January 2003
Washington, District of Columbia

Buried

Francis Krahling rests at the Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, Florida

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Frank Scorsune was not on board 42-40000 when it was lost

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Connection with Prevost Marshall

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MACR 4259
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
WWII Draft Card
VA Gravesite Locator
Veterans Affairs BIRLS death File

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MACR 4259

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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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