Frank Theadore Kaschok
MilitaryAssigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down by flak over the IP on a mission to Frankfurt on 4-Feb-44 in B-17 42-39803 'The Wolf'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2235
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Wolf
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Rosco, PA | 12 December 1920 | Son of John and Mary [Vanacky] Kascak. |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 4 February 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Other Baled out POW |
Frankfurt, Germany | 4 February 1944 | Shot down by flak over the IP on a mission to Frankfurt on 4-Feb-44 in B-17 42-39803 'The Wolf'. POW MACR 2235 |
Died |
14 August 2001 | ||
Buried |
Mount Calvary Cemetery Coal Center, Washington County, PA | 17 August 2001 | Mount Calvary Cemetery Coal Center, Washington County, Pennsylvania |
Based |
Bassingbourn | 4 February 1944 | Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2235 / MACR 2235, 8th AF Losses / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database