Frank Thomas Plesa
MilitaryShot down 27 September 1944 on the Kassel mission in AC #45-1532"'Hot Rock". Prisoner of War (POW).
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16061149 at enlistment, then O-713603
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12176128 at enlistment, then T-125579
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14164570
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Kansas City, Kansas, USA | 24 July 1925 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 27 September 1944 | captured in the Darmstadt, Germany, area. NARA WWII POW record : "Interned at Stalag 9C Bad Sulza, Saxe-Weimar. returned to Military Control 21 July 1945." |
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Other Discharged |
12 October 1945 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9572 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self, MACR 9572