Frank A Udovich | American Air Museum in Britain

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).

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Assigned to HQ Sqn, 322BG, 9AF USAAF.

Service

9th Air Force
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...
Headquarters Squadron (322nd Bomb Group)

Group

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...

Event	Location	Date
Born	Milwaukee County, WI, USA	3 March 1917
Enlisted	Milwaukee, WI, USA	15 October 1940
Based	Andrews Field	1943 – 1944
Assigned to HQ Sqn, 322BG, 9AF USAAF.
Died	North Prairie, WI, USA	20 December 2002
Buried	Milwaukee, WI, USA	23 December 2002
Wood National Cemetery Milwaukee Milwaukee County Wisconsin, USA

Date	Contributor	Update
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/ https://www.fold3.com/page/46931515_frank_a%20udovich/details/ https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=72652446