Frank McLain
MilitaryAssigned to 417NFS, 50FG, 12AF USAAF. Killed in crash of Bristol Beaufighter V8812, at Westerdale, Yorkshire 22-Jun-43. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: PH
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Beaufighter
- Unit: 50th Fighter Group 417th Night Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
South Dakota | 23 July 1922 | Frank Sr and Maud [Brown] McLain. |
Enlisted |
Fort Snelling, MN | 7 January 1942 | Fort Snelling, Minnesota |
Died |
Westerdale, Yorks, UK | 22 June 1943 | Killed in crash of Bristol Beaufighter V8812, at Westerdale, Yorkshire 22-Jun-43. Killed in Action (KIA) |
Buried |
23 June 1943 | Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot C Row 2 Grave 71 | |
Based |
22 June 1943 | Assigned to 417NFS, 50FG, 12AF USAAF. |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/195742884
https://www.fold3.com/image/310763209
https://www.fold3.com/record/84579330-frank-mclain
https://www.fold3.com/record/529905377-frank-mclain
http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/planes/43/v8812.html
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56292353/frank-mclain
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 160, ABMC, NARA. ABMC has a space between Mc and Lain to pull up info.