Gene Francis Frank
MilitaryGene Frank was Assistant Radio Operator/Gunner on pilot Charles L. Duncan's "Judy E" - 42-30050, shot down by fighters over Dieppe, France 10 July 1943. Captured and made a Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16058854 at enlistment, then O-731267
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18063077
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11033723 at enlistment, then O-791081
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 00026405 at enlistment, then O-727093
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20345534
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Assistant Engineer/Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Judy E
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 10 July 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
24 August 1921 | Aberdeen, South Dakota, USA | |
Other Bailed out |
10 July 1943 | of B-17 42-30050 over NW France, south of Dieppe | |
Other Prisoner of War |
10 July 1943 | Captured after landing in parachute in Normandy. Interned at Stalag XVIIB in Braunau, near Krems, Austria. NARA WWII POW database : "Returned to Military Control 21 July 1945." | |
Born |
Foreston, Benton County, Minnesota | ||
Died |
Porterville, California |
Revisions
Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.
Added an Association to the 100th BG, the parent bomb group of the 349th, 350th, 351st & 418th Bomb Squadrons & the 412th Air Service group.
NARA WWII POW records
MACR 268
WWII Registration Draft Card
NARA VETERANS' BIRLS files
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 268 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database