Frank J Anderson

Military

Crashed near Wiesbaden on 9/25/44 in B-17 'Spirit of '96' #42-107057, Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Spirit of 96
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Boomingdale, New Jersey

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 25 September 1944 Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16

Revisions

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Added POW Camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Added an association to Stalag Luft 4 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

 

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Contributorjmoore43
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Capitalized the words in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

 

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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 9414 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database