Name:
William M. Frank
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-685577
Unit:
338th Bomber Squadron, 96th Bomb Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1944-02-06
State:
Maryland
Cemetery:
Epinal American Cemetary, Epinal, France
Plot:
B
Row:
3
Grave:
49
Decoration:
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Comments:
2nd Lieutenant William Frank, navigator of the B-17 Fortress G-75-BO - 42-38015, took off from station 138 in Snetterton Heath, Norfolk, for Romilly-sur-Seine. Above the town of Pisseleux, a mile from Villers-Cotterets, the bomber was shot down by Lt Willius Karl’s Fw190 fighter at 1043, on February 6th, 1944.