Frank Lusenko

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned 349BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. 4 x combat missions (Aachen, Hamm, Hamm, Merseburg). Failed to Return (FTR) Merseburg in B-17 43-38211; hit by flak after bombs away, crashed Flur Oberkotzau, Germany. 30-Nov-44 Last seen throwing chaff from waist position, probably unable to escape plummeting A/C Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 10831



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

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

People

Vermont Ole Anderson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-771648
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

43-38211

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Miss Gail Lynn
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron

Missions

731

  • Date: 30 November 1944

729

  • Date: 29 November 1944

725

  • Date: 26 November 1944

715

  • Date: 16 November 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Chester, PA 24 February 1921 Son of Safron and Dora [Kuzmenchuk] Lusenko.

Enlisted

Philadelphia, PA 8 September 1942

Died

Flur Oberkotzau, Germany 30 November 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Merseburg in B-17 43-38211; hit by flak after bombs away, crashed Flur Oberkotzau, Germany. 30-Nov-44 KIA. MACR 10831

Other

Next of Kin

Penns Grove, New Jersey, USA Mother; Dora Lusenko.

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Thorpe Abbotts 30 November 1944 Assigned 349BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Draft registration

Chesterdel County, PA Draft registration; Residing Chesterdel County, PA. Employed by Westinghouse Elec and Mfg Co.

Buried

Re-Interred Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Arlington County, VA Section 34, Site 4127

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10831 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database