Frank McLain

Military

Assigned to 417NFS, 50FG, 12AF USAAF. Killed in crash of Bristol Beaufighter V8812, at Westerdale, Yorkshire 22-Jun-43. Killed in Action (KIA)





Awards: PH

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: Beaufighter
  • Unit: 50th Fighter Group 417th Night Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

South Dakota 23 July 1922 Frank Sr and Maud [Brown] McLain.

Enlisted

Fort Snelling, MN 7 January 1942 Fort Snelling, Minnesota

Died

Westerdale, Yorks, UK 22 June 1943 Killed in crash of Bristol Beaufighter V8812, at Westerdale, Yorkshire 22-Jun-43. Killed in Action (KIA)

Buried

23 June 1943 Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot C Row 2 Grave 71

Based

22 June 1943 Assigned to 417NFS, 50FG, 12AF USAAF.

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Sources

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. 160, ABMC, NARA. ABMC has a space between Mc and Lain to pull up info.