Francis Ray Trahan

Military

Assigned to 324BS, 98BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 21-May-43 in B-17 42-5857. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 16136





Awards: AM (OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Roscoe Vachel Black

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-733593
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

John Henry Miller

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16035360 / O-661957
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-5857

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag Luft IV

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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Providence, RI 15 March 1925

Enlisted

Fort Adams, Newport, RI 1 September 1942 Fort Adams, Newport, Rhode Island

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

21 May 1943 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Other

Discharged USAAF

28 November 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Rumford, RI 28 August 2000

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 21 May 1943 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Buried

Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery Exeter, Washington County, RI Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery Exeter, Washington County, Rhode Island

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 16136 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database