Frank Carl Deimel
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- 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
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Rhapsody in Junk
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 18 June 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- 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
Additional information sent through to the American Air Museum by Thomas F Jeffers' daughter, Marilyn.
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