Frank Michael Nowak
Military
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FRE 18
A performance of the Flying Eagles Orchestra Band at Debden, 1944. The string bassist is Sergeant Frank M. Nowak, a radio repairman who served with the 335th Fighter Squadron of the 4th Fighter Group.
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Radio repairmen. 4th FG Band member, played bass.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Buffalo, NY | 20 September 1911 | Son of Caroline Nowak. |
Enlisted |
Buffalo, NY | 23 April 1942 | Buffalo, New York |
Other Discharged USAAF |
1 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
13 January 2010 | ||
Buried |
Saint Stanislaus Roman Catholic Cemetery Cheektowaga, Erie County, NY | 16 January 2010 | Saint Stanislaus Roman Catholic Cemetery Cheektowaga, Erie County, New York |
Based |
Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. | ||
Buffalo, NY | Employed by Board of Education - Music Dept Buffalo, New York |
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Sources
'1000 Destroyed' by Capt. Grover C. Hall, Jr. / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia