Frank Watkins Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 364BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. Killed in the collision with B-17 #43-38030 "My Achin' B" in poor weather over Thurleigh returning from mission. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 10833
Awards: AM, PH.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11100988 / O-825945
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 22 October 1944
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Dallas, TX | 3 February 1943 | Dallas, Texas |
Died |
Thurleigh, UK | 22 October 1944 | Killed in the collision with B-17 43-38030 "My Achin' B" in poor weather over Thurleigh returning from mission. KIA. MACR 10833 |
Buried |
23 October 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Plot F Row 6 Grave 116 | |
Born |
Rockwall, TX | Son of Frank Snr and Claudia Neal [Smith] Watkins. | |
Based |
Chelveston | 22 October 1944 | Assigned to 364BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.
https://www.abmc.gov/node/543352
https://www.fold3.com/image/29423348
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https://www.fold3.com/record/84798135-frank-watkins-jr
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https://www.fold3.com/image/310953003?rec=300718873
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56295366/frank-watkins
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The Mighty Eighth Combat Chronology Supplement, 1942-45; p. 170.