Francis Ildefonso Cervantes

Military

Assigned to 801BS, 492BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 857BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Karlovac in B-24 42-7563 'Hells Warrior' 9-Feb-45; crashed near Velike Brisnice, 8 km North of Jablanac. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 12361



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.

490th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.

492nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

801st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Frank Ernest Marcus

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 857th Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Frank E Marcus

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: O-823411
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

42-7563

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Hells Warrior
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron 859th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

New Orleans, LA 6 November 1922 Son of E D Cervantes.

Enlisted

New Orleans, LA 12 June 1942 New Orleans, Louisiana

Died

Velike Brisnice, Yugoslavia 9 February 1945

Buried

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay, St. Louis County, MO, 22 July 1949 Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri

Based

North Pickenham Assigned to 801BS, 492BG, 8AF USAAF.

Based

Harrington 9 February 1945 Transferred to 857BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF.

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490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / 801st BG Roster, http://www.801492.org/MainMenu.htm / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia