Name:
Frank Schlucker
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
12026608
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Date of Death:
1945-01-18
State:
New York
Cemetery:
Montefiore Cemetery, Springfield Gardens, Queens County, New York, USA
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Frank Schlucker was born in 1923. At the time of his death, he was a passenger on the C-47 #43-48611. On January 18, 1945, he was killed in an air crash when they took off from A-54 airfield in Le Bourget, France, to be transported to Station 343 in Biggin Hill, England. Due to an unknown reason, the aircraft crashed approximately 7 minutes later after they took off. Eighteen people were killed in this accident, while four were seriously injured.
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