Frank W Tatum

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Was on board B-24 #42-51098, which collided on 16 August 1944 above Zerbst, Germany, with B-24 #42-52447 of the same Squadron. Crashed near Mosigkau, 7km SW of Dessau, Germany, about 200m from the crash location of 447. Killed In Action (KIA).

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

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

People

Peter J Calzonetti

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32078302
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Howard Cohen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32887236
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Kelly Crabtree

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34451524
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier, Nose Gunner

Joe Guastella

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-818860
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Norman A Harris

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-713176
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

42-51098

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'

Tibenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 16 August 1944 in the crash of B-24 #42-51098 near Mosigkau, 7km SW of Dessau, Germany

Buried

Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands, N 13 4 17 August 1944 in a common grave at the Mosigkau cemetery

Born

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Buried

Frank Tatum rests at Plot N, Row 13, Grave 4

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ABMC website

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MACR 8432

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Birsic, MACR 8432, ABMC, 2AD Honor Roll / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8432 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database