Frank C Ferrel
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
All information correct as on Roll of Honor board
Object Number - UPL 13253 - 93rd Bomb Group Roll of Honor at Hardwick Airfield Memorial Museum.
SSgt. Frank Ferrel was the Top Turret Gunner in the B-24D, in the B-24D, named, Euroclydon The Storm, 42-40612. He was Killed in Action (KIA) while on TDY to the 9th Air Force for Operation Tidal Wave, the bombing mission on the oil refineries at Ploesti, Romania. Only two of the crew, SSgt. Charles Reed and SSgt. James Vest survived bailing out and were taken prisoner. 2 POW. 10 KIA. 1 Aug, 1943.
DFC/ AM/ PH
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Euroclydon The Storm
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in action |
1 August 1943 | ||
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Born |
Texas | ||
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Buried |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
ABMC MACR 6465 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
