Frank Charles Frantzen

Military
Frank C. Frantzen Passport Photo UPL 62749 UPL 62749 Frank Charles Frantzen Passport Photo

Frank's passport was found while emptying the house in Oceanside, New York (Long Island) where he lived after the war with his wife and four children until his death in 1976.

Object Number - UPL 62749 - Frank Charles Frantzen Passport Photo

Joined Sqd 6/2/44. Interned Sweden 6/20/44 (Politz). Returned to base 11/6/44. Pilot: Keller.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group line up for takeoff at Shipdham in 1943. The 'Flying Eight-Ball' emblem of the 68th Bomb Squadron is visible on the nose of the leading aircraft. Image stamped with field press censor, 1943. Press Agency photograph- original printed caption has been removed.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Battlin Baby
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron

Places

Blythe Army Airfield, California
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Desert Training Center, California/Arizona Maneuver Area in World War II

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Brooklyn, New York 6 December 1917

Other

Interned (INT)

20 June 1944

Died

Oceanside, NY 28 September 1976

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Found while emptying the house in Oceanside, New York (Long Island) where Frank lived after the war with his wife and four children until his death in 1976,

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ContributorRTFrantzen
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Found while emptying house in Oceanside, New York (Long Island) where Frank Charles Frantzen lived after the war with his wife and four children until his death in 1976.

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ContributorRTFrantzen
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Found documents while emptying house in Oceanside, New York (Long Island) where Frank lived after the war with his wife and four children until his death in 1976.

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ContributorLucy May
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Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
MACR 6149 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Webb Todd; MACR 6149

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