Frank Kalman Gyory

Military

Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Billie Brown crew. 30 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Merseburg 29-Jul-44 in B-17 43-37870; Hit by flak and belly landed. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7818



Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Billie B Brown

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-812956
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Ned H Sweeney

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-38013

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Nevada Avenger
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron

42-97201

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Jamaica Mary
  • Unit: 547th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group

43-37870

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

31 January 1922

Enlisted

New York City, NY 12 August 1942 New York City, New York

Other

POW - Prisoner of War

Żagań, Poland 29 July 1944 - 22 May 1945 Prisoner of War (POW). Held at Stalag Luft III.

Other

Baled out POW

Vicinity of Apolda, Germany 29 July 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Merseburg 29-Jul-44 in B-17 43-37870; Hit by flak and belly landed. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7818

Buried

Calverton National Cemetery, Calverton, Suffolk County, NY 29 September 1944 Frank Gyory rests at the Calverton National Cemetery Calverton, Suffolk County, New York

Died

P

Huntington, NY 26 September 1994 - 22 July 1944

Based

Grafton Underwood 29 July 1944 Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/record/5782263-frank-k-gyory
https://www.fold3.com/record/83585865-frank-k-gyory
https://www.fold3.com/record/713059551-gyory-frank-k
https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=5777
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/734724/frank-k-gyory

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Sources

Created single record from duplicates to include details from :
MACR 7818
Roger Freeman's "The B-17 Flying Fortress Story"

Date
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

Created single record from duplicates to include details from :
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7818 /;
MACR 7818, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=g... /
Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

NARA WWII Enlistment Records database
NARA WWII POW database
MACR 7818
www.384thbombgroup.com

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

AAIR 44-07-22-524 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database