Name:
Frank Tafelski
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
32732603
Unit:
779th Bomber Squadron
Date of Death:
1944-05-26
State:
New York
Cemetery:
Rhone American Cemetery, Draguignan, France
Plot:
Wall of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Comments:
Staff Sergeant Frank Tafelski, mechanical assistant of the B-24 42-52463 "Table Stuff" was shot down over the Napoule Gulf by German fighters after a bombing run on enemy communication centers in southern France. The crew managed to bail out, but neither they nor their aircraft were ever seen again.