Frank P Krezel

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down by fighters on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-37954 'Hank from Dixie'. Killed in Action (KIA).



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Units served with

The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hank from Dixie, Paper Doll.
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

8 March 1944

Born

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Buried

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 8 March 1944

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Sources

ABMC, MACR 3192, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3192 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database