James E Frolking

Military

On Oct 7,'44 shot down over Dutch Island Holland, Evaded (EVD) in P-51 #4414577. Completed 52 missions wrote memoir 'Down in the Dutch Islands'

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Units served with

Major Henry Porter Plunk and a fellow airman of the 479th Fighter Group stand with Plunk's P-51 Mustang (9B-0, serial number 44-72516) nicknamed "Ambrosia".

436th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force

479th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Aircraft

44-14577

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Unit: 479th Fighter Group 436th Fighter Squadron

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Cleveland, Ohio	30 April 1924

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:14:16

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9271 / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000 MACR 9271 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database