Frank Stockton

Military
media-47531.jpeg UPL 47531 Stockton, Frank, August 14, 1924 - July 22, 1988 Hutchinson & Cortright

Stockton Family of Mesa, Arizona

Object Number - UPL 47531 - Stockton, Frank, August 14, 1924 - July 22, 1988

Crash landed B-17 43-38150 behind Soviet lines at small airfield at Reczyn, Poland, about 50 miles northwest of Warsaw on 3 February 1945. Crew returned to base 17 March 1945. 28 missions.

Frank died 22nd July 1988

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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

Aircraft

43-38150

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Giddy
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Parkridge, Illinois 14 August 1924

Revisions

Date
ContributorHelen
Changes
Sources

490BG AFNews April 1989

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, MACR 12238

Frank Stockton: Gallery (8 items)

Object number: UPL 47531 - Stockton, Frank, August 14, 1924 - July 22, 1988

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