Franklin W Sommers
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
A.L.D. II
Object Number - UPL 43044 - Franklin W. Sommers
Killed in Action (KIA)on 2-Sep-43 in B-26B 41-31629 'Janet's Dream' while serving as Co-Pilot. The aircraft was on a mission to bomb the German airfield of Lille/Nord, France when it was hit by flak and exploded near French coast, crashing at Bergues, France.
DFC, PH
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 559th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15055746
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer / Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 559th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31134836
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 559th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13010670
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 559th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-794055
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator / Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 559th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-793205
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Janets Dream
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 559th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Willingale
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Bergues, France | 2 September 1943 | Killed when aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire and exploded and crashed near Bergues, France. |
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Born |
Illinois | ||
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Buried |
Buried in the Normandy American Cemetery, Plot A, Row 14, Grave 32. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 29-May-2015. Added KIA event per MACR 516; added Burial event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) database; edited Summay Biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p.262
