Francis S Meyers Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Kienwerder in B-17 'Cover Girl' 44-6145.



Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

44-6145

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Cover Girl
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

Events

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Killed in action

7 October 1944

Born

Conshohocken, Pennsylvania

Buried

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9756,

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