Franklin Baier

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-49659.jpeg UPL 49659 S/Sgt Franklin Baier, 94BG

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 49659 - S/Sgt Franklin Baier, 94BG

Assigned to 410BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Munich in B-17 42-37968 'Little Audrey' 18-Mar-44; Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 3418



Awards: AM (OLC), PH.

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little Audrey
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Austin, MN 19 July 1922 Son of Franklin Casper and Gertrude Berdella [Rindy] Baier.

Died

East of Munich 18 March 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Munich in B-17 42-37968 'Little Audrey' 18-Mar-44; Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 3418

Buried

Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial Re-Interred Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial St Avold, France Plot B Row 35 Grave 36

Based

Bury St Edmunds 18 March 1944 Assigned to 410BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3418 / MACR 3418, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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