Arnold Emil Frantz

Military
media-41808.jpeg UPL 41808 The Chelmore Crew. Unfortunately not all identified
Back Row Left is believed to be Hugh Jack, Ball Turret Gunner
Back Row Second left is confirmed as Pilot Floyd Chesmore
Back Row Centre is confirmed as Co-Pilot Leroy Teachey
Back Row Right is confirmed as Paul Manno

Picture Courtesy of Josephine Manno. Daughter of Paul

Object Number - UPL 41808 - The Chelmore Crew. Unfortunately not all identified Back Row Left is believed to be Hugh Jack, Ball Turret Gunner Back Row Second left is...

Shot down by flak and crashed along the Scheldt River on the return from a mission to Frankfurt am Main, GR on 2 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-39960. Evaded. Hidden in Belgium until the Liberation of the country in September 1944. Escape & Evasion Report E&E 1755.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 92nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34386317
  • Highest Rank: Private
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34036003
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19071564 at enlistment, then O-741881
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-688636
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32684807
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Boston, Erie County, New York 6 December 1919 Boston, Erie County, New York

Other

Evaded capture

2 March 1944 with the help of Belgian citizens and members of the Résistance. Hidden in Belgium until the Liberation
Colden, Erie County, New York

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WWII Draft card
MACR 2856

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MACR 2856

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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 / MACR 2856 / MACR 2856, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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