Frank J Wesner
Military
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UPL 41560
Byron Bryant Crew -- 369th
Fr: Pierre Noisat TG, Frank Wesner E, Manford Johns RO, Dan Piedmont WG, Blair Steed WG, Richard Kern BT, BK: Dan Peterson N, Bryant, Ralph Peters CP, James Vaughter B.
Fr: Pierre Noisat TG, Frank Wesner E, Manford Johns RO, Dan Piedmont WG, Blair Steed WG, Richard Kern BT, BK: Dan Peterson N, Bryant, Ralph Peters CP, James Vaughter B.
He was assigned to Raloh Peters crew. Reported to the ETO on 08 Aug 1943. Shot down 11 December 1943 in B-17 #4231078. POW at Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15.
POW, AM,
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 11 December 1943 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1574 / MACR 1574, Combat Crews pg. 50 & 127, First Over Germany pg. 181, 306th BGA Collection, Russell Strong Index Cards, NARA, / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / http://www.306bg.org/crewphotos/Crew%20Pictures%20Adam-Rector/Crew%20Pi…