Frank Delgado Perez

Military
media-13616.jpeg UPL 13616 Frank Delgado Perez of the 401st Bomb Group.

Image courtesy of Josie Navarro (Neice)

Object Number - UPL 13616 - Frank Delgado Perez of the 401st Bomb Group.

From 4 April 1944 to 7 October 1944, he flew 32 missions as a Ball Turret Gunner. On 6 June 1944, D-Day he and his crew flew to Caen, in order to bomb a nearby airfield. However, cloud cover prevented Perez's and 5 other aircraft from dropping their payloads.

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Units served with

Aircraft

43-38267

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Maximum Effort
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

44-6113

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: No. 2 Bandwagon, Mrs. Wing Ding
  • Unit: 94th Combat Bomb Wing 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

Missions

637

  • Date: 17 September 1944
French civillians inspect a crashed B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-32086) nicknamed "You Never Know" of the 457th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '10/9/44 France.'

619

  • Date: 10 September 1944
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97904) nicknamed "Lady Janette" of the 452nd Bomb Group drops bombs over the target. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Stuttgart 5 Sept 44. 452 BG Mott A/C.'

605

  • Date: 5 September 1944

601

  • Date: 3 September 1944

575

  • Date: 26 August 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Los Angeles , California 14 January 1924

Enlisted

Los Angeles, CA, USA 1 February 1943

Died

Seattle, WA, USA 16 January 2015

Revisions

Date
ContributorEmily
Changes
Sources

Missions details gathered from 401 BG, Obituary , , Enlistment Record

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=459

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