Worked as an office clerk prior to enlisted in Rockland, New York per the 1940 Census. He is listed as living with his parents.
Served in the 452nd Bomber Group / 729 Bomber Squadron
2LT ABRAMS, ROBERT L.
B-17 42-37954 / Hank from Dixie
Delivered Denver 25 OCT 1943; Walla Walla 9 NOV 1943; assigned to 729BS/452BG Deopham Green on 1 JAN 1944 ; Missing in Action Berlin 8 MAR 1944 Target: the VKF ball bearing works at Erkner, Berlin, Germany. Shot down by fighters and exploded in mid-air. Crashed north-east of Toeppel, 2 miles north-west of Zerbst/Anhalt, south-east of Magdeburg, Germany. 2 KIA / 8 POW. Pilot: Henry Wilson, Co-Pilot: Jim Boren, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Henry Chaisson, Radio Operator: Gene Lutz, Ball Turret Gunner: Dick Gibson, Waist Gunner: Elliott, Waist Gunner: Gil Lucero, Tail Gunner: Merland McDowell (8POW); Navigator: Frank Krezel, Bombardier: Bob Abrams (2KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Toeppel, two miles NW of Zerbst, SE of Magdeburg, Germany. MACR 3192. PAPER DOLL.
Source: Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log*
Killed in Action
Krezel, Frank ~ 2LT, Bombardier, IL
Served in the 452nd Bomber Group / 729 Bomber Squadron
2LT ABRAMS, ROBERT L.
B-17 42-37954 / Hank from Dixie
Delivered Denver 25 OCT 1943; Walla Walla 9 NOV 1943; assigned to 729BS/452BG Deopham Green on 1 JAN 1944 ; Missing in Action Berlin 8 MAR 1944 Target: the VKF ball bearing works at Erkner, Berlin, Germany. Shot down by fighters and exploded in mid-air. Crashed north-east of Toeppel, 2 miles north-west of Zerbst/Anhalt, south-east of Magdeburg, Germany. 2 KIA / 8 POW. Pilot: Henry Wilson, Co-Pilot: Jim Boren, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Henry Chaisson, Radio Operator: Gene Lutz, Ball Turret Gunner: Dick Gibson, Waist Gunner: Elliott, Waist Gunner: Gil Lucero, Tail Gunner: Merland McDowell (8POW); Navigator: Frank Krezel, Bombardier: Bob Abrams (2KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Toeppel, two miles NW of Zerbst, SE of Magdeburg, Germany. MACR 3192. PAPER DOLL.
Source: Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log*
Killed in Action
Krezel, Frank ~ 2LT, Bombardier, IL
Worked as an office clerk prior to enlisted in Rockland, New York per the 1940 Census. He is listed as living with his parents.
Served in the 452nd Bomber Group / 729 Bomber Squadron
2LT ABRAMS, ROBERT L.
B-17 42-37954 / Hank from Dixie
Delivered Denver 25 OCT 1943; Walla Walla 9 NOV 1943; assigned to 729BS/452BG Deopham Green on 1 JAN 1944 ; Missing in Action Berlin 8 MAR 1944 Target: the VKF ball bearing works at Erkner, Berlin, Germany. Shot down by fighters and exploded in mid-air. Crashed north-east of Toeppel, 2 miles north-west of Zerbst/Anhalt, south-east of Magdeburg, Germany. 2 KIA / 8 POW. Pilot: Henry Wilson, Co-Pilot: Jim Boren, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Henry Chaisson, Radio Operator: Gene Lutz, Ball Turret Gunner: Dick Gibson, Waist Gunner: Elliott, Waist Gunner: Gil Lucero, Tail Gunner: Merland McDowell (8POW); Navigator: Frank Krezel, Bombardier: Bob Abrams (2KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Toeppel, two miles NW of Zerbst, SE of Magdeburg, Germany. MACR 3192. PAPER DOLL.
Source: Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log*
Killed in Action
Krezel, Frank ~ 2LT, Bombardier, IL
Served in the 452nd Bomber Group / 729 Bomber Squadron
2LT ABRAMS, ROBERT L.
B-17 42-37954 / Hank from Dixie
Delivered Denver 25 OCT 1943; Walla Walla 9 NOV 1943; assigned to 729BS/452BG Deopham Green on 1 JAN 1944 ; Missing in Action Berlin 8 MAR 1944 Target: the VKF ball bearing works at Erkner, Berlin, Germany. Shot down by fighters and exploded in mid-air. Crashed north-east of Toeppel, 2 miles north-west of Zerbst/Anhalt, south-east of Magdeburg, Germany. 2 KIA / 8 POW. Pilot: Henry Wilson, Co-Pilot: Jim Boren, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Henry Chaisson, Radio Operator: Gene Lutz, Ball Turret Gunner: Dick Gibson, Waist Gunner: Elliott, Waist Gunner: Gil Lucero, Tail Gunner: Merland McDowell (8POW); Navigator: Frank Krezel, Bombardier: Bob Abrams (2KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Toeppel, two miles NW of Zerbst, SE of Magdeburg, Germany. MACR 3192. PAPER DOLL.
Source: Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log*
Killed in Action
Krezel, Frank ~ 2LT, Bombardier, IL
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Entered the service from New York.
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