Frank Carl Deimel

Military
media-20151.jpeg UPL 20151 Navigator Frank Deimel in Topeka, Kansas, just before being sent overseas to England with the Henry H. Northrop crew.

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Object Number - UPL 20151 - Navigator Frank Deimel in Topeka, Kansas, just before being sent overseas to England with the Henry H. Northrop crew.

Deimel had studied to become a priest. He crashed in Blick, Germany, near the village Süderbrarup in Schleswig-Holstein in B-24 “Rhapsody In Junk” #41-28733 when it was shot down by flak on the 18 June 1944 mission to the Fassberg airfield, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW), Stalag Luft III and Stalag VII-A

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-860086
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19116172 and O-761871
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38367896
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39693927
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34509333
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aircraft

A bomber crew of the 458th Bomb Group prepare to board their B-24 Liberator, (serial number 41-28733) nicknamed "Rhapsody in Junk", for a mission, whilst ground crew refuel the aircraft. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], ' Passed for publication 28 Apr 1944.' [stamp] and '317857.' [Censor no.] Printed caption attached to the reverse: ROUND THE CLOCK BOMBERS. ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO SHOWS: As the ground crew refuels, the crew of a Liberator at a U.S. Bomber Base " somewhere in England"
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Rhapsody in Junk
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Chicago, Illinois 17 August 1916 the son of Austrian-born Carl and Sophia Deimel

Enlisted

Jefferson Barracks, Saint-Louis, Missouri, United States 30 January 1943

Other

Captured

Kappeln, near Schleswig, Germany 18 June 1944 Landed in parachute and was immediately captured

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

18 June 1944 - 29 April 1945 Interned at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan, Poland. Force-marched from there to Stalag 7A Moosburg, Germany. Liberated there by US troops 29 April 1945. NARA WWII POW records : "Returned to Military control 7 June 1945."

Died

Panorama Village, Texas, United States 9 February 2005
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Revisions

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ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Additional information sent through to the American Air Museum by Thomas F Jeffers' daughter, Marilyn.

Date
ContributorED-BB
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Sources

MACR 5908
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5908 & Page 274 of the book LIBERAORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010 &  458bg.com - crew picture in Newell's crew in 754th BS

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