John Bryan Frisbie

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 711BS, 447BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin; Shot down 29-Apr-44 in B-17 42-97501. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4253





Awards: AM, PH.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 447th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron 711th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36559277
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13013130
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-810250
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-749602
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

Missions

  • Date: 20 April 1944
  • Date: 13 April 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Guthrie, OK 14 February 1909 Son of John D and Annie L Frisbie.

Enlisted

Fort Sam Houston, TX 8 February 1943 Fort Sam Houston, Texas

Died

Siestedt, Germany 29 April 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin; Shot down 29-Apr-44 in B-17 42-97501. KIA MACR 4253

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Rattlesden 29 April 1944 Assigned to 711BS, 447BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Lorraine American Cemetery St Avold, France Plot G Row 6 Grave 4

Buried

Prairie Lawn Cemetery Wellington, Sumner County, KS Memorialised Prairie Lawn Cemetery Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas

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MACR 4253

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4253 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database