Radio Operator Frank Janik had been awarded the Air Medal for taking part in bombing raids over Berlin, Brunswick, and other war production centers in Germany and also over the Invasion coast and Nazi communication centers of France with the 704th Squadron of the 446th Bomb Group. He was on the 15 October 1944 mission to Cologne/Köln, Germany, on board B-24 41-29128 with the Glen Rowe crew. Hit by Flak on return from the raid, the badly damaged bomber crashed in an emergency landing attempt at the Saint-Trond airfield in Belgium. Frank was killed in the crash.