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Frank A Udovich
Military
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Sgt. Frank Udovich (WI). 322BG, 9AF.
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Personnel of the 322nd Bomb Group with a B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-17934) nicknamed "Pappy's Pram". Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed [illegible] 1943.' [stamp] Handwritten caption on reverse: 'PN-Q 322.' From left to right: Lt. James Hinkle (VA), Lt. Wilbur DeGroff (WI), Sgt. Frank Udovich (WI), Sgt. Charles A. Smith (TX), and Sgt. Robert Hammerberg (IL).
Assigned to HQ Sqn, 322BG, 9AF USAAF.
Service
Units served with
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322nd Bomb Group
Group
The 322nd Bombardment Squadron (Medium) was activated on 19-Jun-1942 at MacDill Field, Florida with B-26B Marauder aircraft. In late September 1942 the unit moved to Drane Field, Florida. The Ground echelon sailed for the UK aboard the Queen Elizabeth... -
Associated Place
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Andrews Field
Military site : airfield
The base was known as Great Saling when construction – by US Army engineers – began in 1942 but was renamed Andrews Field in honour of the memory of Gen. Frank M. Andrews, who was killed when the B-24 he was travelling in crash-landed in Iceland on 3...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Milwaukee County, WI, USA | 3 March 1917 |
| Enlisted | Milwaukee, WI, USA | 15 October 1940 |
| Based | Andrews Field | 1943 – 1944 |
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Assigned to HQ Sqn, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. |
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| Died | North Prairie, WI, USA | 20 December 2002 |
| Buried | Milwaukee, WI, USA | 23 December 2002 |
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Wood National Cemetery |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 17 May 2017 19:08:44 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, service number, highest rank, biography, events, unit associations, place associations and media associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/page/85302357_frank_a%20udovich/details/ |
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