Frank DeSales Murphy
Military![A bomber crew of the 100th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30035) nicknamed "Torchy". Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau ' [stamp], '280032.' [Censor No]. Printed caption on reverse: 'Men who made shuttle-bombing raid on Regensburg, Associated Press Photo shows, left to right: Sgt Jas. M. Joh](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/wysiwyg_x2/public/freeman/media-378747.jpg.webp?itok=rcR9aI78)
From left to right:
Sgt James M Johnson, of Holdenville, Okla., waist gunner;
Sgt Donald Garrison, of Eldorado, Ill., waist-gunner;
Lt. August Gaspar, of Oakland, Calif., bombardier;
Lt. Frank Murphy, of Ax, Georgia, navigator;
Lt. Glenn Graham, of Freedom, Pa.,
Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau ' [stamp], '280032.' [Censor No].
Printed caption on reverse: 'Men who made shuttle-bombing raid on Regensburg. Associated Press Photo shows, left to right: Sgt Jas. M. Johnson, of Holdenville, Okla., waist gunner; Sgt Donald Gallison, of Eldorado, Ill., waist-gunner; Lt. August Gasper, of Oakland, Calif., bombardier; Lt. Frank Murphy, of Ax, Georgia, navigator; Lt. Glenn Graham, of Freedom, Pa., co-pilot, seen wearing fezes and holding Arabian knives on their arrival back at a bomber station "somewhere in England" yesterday, August 22.' Roger Freeman Collection
Correction to previous source message: This is the image that helps identify the airmen: https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/4310
Object Number - FRE 899 - A bomber crew of the 100th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30035) nicknamed "Torchy". From left to right: Sgt James M...
Wounded in Action on 10 October 1943, when his aircraft B-17 Flying Fortress 42-30725 nicknamed "AW-R-Go" was shot down on a mission over Munster. Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III, Sagan; Stalag VIIA, Moosburg (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11)
Awards: Air Medal w 3/Oak Leaf Cluster; Purple Heart; POW Medal; ETO Campaign Medal
Mentioned in "Eighth Air Force", By Donald L. Miller.
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Units served with
![Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-378743.jpg.webp?itok=HBB0lqjl)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39849177
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36336062
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
![A bomber crew of the 100th Bomb Group plan a route under the engines of their B-17 Flying Fortress. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 23 Aug 1943.' [stamp] and '280033.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Men who made shuttle-bombing raid on Regensburg' Associated Press Photo shows: Back Row (left to right) ' T/Sgt Ira Bardman,of Greenlane,Penn; S/Sgt Alfred Clark of Dodge ,Mass;S/Sgt M J Casebolt, of Osborne, Ohio; T/Sgt James W Brady of Long Island N.Y](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-378754.jpg.webp?itok=ajL2qE-W)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11037199 / O-791077
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
![A bomber crew of the 100th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30035) nicknamed "Torchy". Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau ' [stamp], '280032.' [Censor No]. Printed caption on reverse: 'Men who made shuttle-bombing raid on Regensburg, Associated Press Photo shows, left to right: Sgt Jas. M. Joh](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-378747.jpg.webp?itok=T3CLCGKF)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16074721
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-732616
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Aw-r-go
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 10 October 1943
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Atlanta, Georgia | 9 September 1921 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 10 October 1943 - 27 January 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
|
Other Wounded in action |
10 October 1943 | ||
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Other Baled out POW |
Munster, Germany | 10 October 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Munster in B-17 42-30725 'Aw-R-Go'; shot down 10-Oct-43. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 1028 |
|
Other Force Marched to Moosburg |
Moosburg | 27 January 1945 - 1 February 1945 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Moosburg, Germany | 1 February 1945 - 29 April 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag VIIa. |
|
Died |
Atlanta, GA | 16 June 2005 | |
|
Based |
Thorpe Abbotts | 10 October 1943 | Assigned to 350BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
CNN article by granddaughter
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/atlanta/obituary.aspx?n=frank-desales…
CNN article by granddaughter
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/atlanta/obituary.aspx?n=frank-desales…
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" for readability. Added POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives to the POW event.
100th Bomb Group Foundation Directory, 2000 - 2001; MACR 1028, self / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1028 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
![Personnel of the 100th Bomb Group at a crew interrogation with War Correspondent Gladwyn Hill. A censor has obscured the maps in the background. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp, ]'Passed for publication 23 August 1943.' [stamp] and '280034.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Men who made shuttle-bombing raid on Regensburg. Associated Press photo shows: Crew-members of Flying Fortresses who took part in the shuttle-bombing raid on Regensburg are here seen being interrogated by](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-378746.jpg.webp?itok=VwPO34-Q)
