Frank John Hearne Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-31936.jpeg UPL 31936 S. Sgt. Frank Hearne Joseph W Jennings collection

Joseph W Jennings Military Papers - 1943-1945

Object Number - UPL 31936 - S. Sgt. Frank Hearne

Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 11 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) in 42-31083. A/C exploded mid-air near Downham Market, England. Killed in Action (KIA)





Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-805776
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-694353
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-755018
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier / Navigator / Bombardier Instructor
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15103734 / O-692968
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37406828
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 91st Bomb Group 94th Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Tenny Belle
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sara Jane
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Lost Angel
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron 525th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

media-31109.pdf (3.62 MB) Document 31109 The Official Report of Aircraft Accident (A.A.F. Form No. 14) for B-17G 42-31083, Tenny Belle on 11 April 1944. Lists all crew members, reports from ground personnel, the one survivor and official findings.

Official War Department document/Open Source.

  • Site type: Aircraft crash site

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Indianapolis, Indiana 1 June 1923 Son of Frank John Snr and Altha [Russell] Hearne.

Enlisted

Indianapolis, IN, USA 8 January 1943 Indianapolis, Indiana

Based

Pyote Army Airfield 23 September 1943 - 8 December 1943 B-17 Flying Fortress crew training

Based

Kimbolton 20 February 1944 - 11 April 1944 Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

Died

Barroway Drove, Downham Market PE38 0AJ, UK 11 April 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) in 42-31083. A/C exploded mid-air near Downham Market, England. Killed in Action (KIA)

Buried

12 April 1944 Interred Cambridge American Cemetery

Based

Snettisham 19 February 1944 Intensive gunnery training

Buried

Calvary cemetery, Indianapolis, IN Re-Interred Calvary Cemetery Indianapolis, Marion County, IN

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enlistment records

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8th AF database

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Joseph W. Jennings Military Papers - 1943-1945

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Combat Chronology; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 302 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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