Name:
Milton Frankel
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-765476
Unit:
486th Bomber Squadron, 340th Bomber Group
Date of Death:
1944-11-05
State:
Illinois
Cemetery:
Florence American Cemetery, Impruneta, Italy
Plot:
Tablets of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Comments:
Milton Frankel served in the 486th Bomber Squadron, 340th Bomber Group, Medium, as a Second Lieutenant during World War II.
The navigator on the B-25 #43-27709 'Schnapps Yoyo,' 2Lt Frankel was declared Missing in Action on November 5, 1944, when his airplane disappeared during the mission to bomb a rail bridge south of Padua, Italy. His name is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing, Florence American Cemetery, Impruneta, Italy.