Frank served as a Staff Sergeant & Gunner on B-24D #41-24220, 493rd Bomber Squadron, 7th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Fairfield County, Connecticut prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on January 3, 1942 in Hartford, Connecticut. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Single, without dependents.
Frank was promoted to Staff Sergeant on September 22, 1942.
B-24D #41-24220 took off, with a crew of 10, from India on a bombing mission over Rangoon, Burma. After a successful bombing mission they were attacked and shot down by Japanese aircraft 30 miles west of Rangoon. The aircraft was hit in the bomb bay and a fire erupted. The fuselage broke in half and disintegrated. Five crew members were killed in the crash and five were able to parachute out and all became POW's of the Japanese.
Frank was "Killed In Action" in this crash during the war.
He was awarded the "Distinguished Flying Cross", Air Medal, and the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred overseas and was later repatriated here on September 9, 1949.
Service # 11041104
Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Krouse who resided in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldiers & sailors were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
( Bio by : ShaneO & Russ Pickett )
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Airmen who perished on B-24D #41-24220:
Austin, Omar A. ~ T/Sgt, Engineer, VT
Chiarello, Frank J. ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, CT
Marshall, George H. ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, PA
Peters, Frank A. ~ Sgt, Waist Gunner, NM
Witte, Robert W. ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, WA
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Airmen who survived from B-24D #41-24220:
Gebert, Russell C. ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier
Goad, Harold W. ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, OH
( Harold's wife, thinking he had died ... married Robert A. MacDowell )
King, Clarence A. ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, CA
Sawyer, Francis E ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, WI
Schrader, William G. ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot
( Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
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He resided in Fairfield County, Connecticut prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on January 3, 1942 in Hartford, Connecticut. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Single, without dependents.
Frank was promoted to Staff Sergeant on September 22, 1942.
B-24D #41-24220 took off, with a crew of 10, from India on a bombing mission over Rangoon, Burma. After a successful bombing mission they were attacked and shot down by Japanese aircraft 30 miles west of Rangoon. The aircraft was hit in the bomb bay and a fire erupted. The fuselage broke in half and disintegrated. Five crew members were killed in the crash and five were able to parachute out and all became POW's of the Japanese.
Frank was "Killed In Action" in this crash during the war.
He was awarded the "Distinguished Flying Cross", Air Medal, and the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred overseas and was later repatriated here on September 9, 1949.
Service # 11041104
Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Krouse who resided in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldiers & sailors were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
( Bio by : ShaneO & Russ Pickett )
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-24D #41-24220:
Austin, Omar A. ~ T/Sgt, Engineer, VT
Chiarello, Frank J. ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, CT
Marshall, George H. ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, PA
Peters, Frank A. ~ Sgt, Waist Gunner, NM
Witte, Robert W. ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, WA
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who survived from B-24D #41-24220:
Gebert, Russell C. ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier
Goad, Harold W. ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, OH
( Harold's wife, thinking he had died ... married Robert A. MacDowell )
King, Clarence A. ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, CA
Sawyer, Francis E ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, WI
Schrader, William G. ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot
( Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
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Frank served as a Staff Sergeant & Gunner on B-24D #41-24220, 493rd Bomber Squadron, 7th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Fairfield County, Connecticut prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on January 3, 1942 in Hartford, Connecticut. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Single, without dependents.
Frank was promoted to Staff Sergeant on September 22, 1942.
B-24D #41-24220 took off, with a crew of 10, from India on a bombing mission over Rangoon, Burma. After a successful bombing mission they were attacked and shot down by Japanese aircraft 30 miles west of Rangoon. The aircraft was hit in the bomb bay and a fire erupted. The fuselage broke in half and disintegrated. Five crew members were killed in the crash and five were able to parachute out and all became POW's of the Japanese.
Frank was "Killed In Action" in this crash during the war.
He was awarded the "Distinguished Flying Cross", Air Medal, and the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred overseas and was later repatriated here on September 9, 1949.
Service # 11041104
Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Krouse who resided in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldiers & sailors were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
( Bio by : ShaneO & Russ Pickett )
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-24D #41-24220:
Austin, Omar A. ~ T/Sgt, Engineer, VT
Chiarello, Frank J. ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, CT
Marshall, George H. ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, PA
Peters, Frank A. ~ Sgt, Waist Gunner, NM
Witte, Robert W. ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, WA
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who survived from B-24D #41-24220:
Gebert, Russell C. ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier
Goad, Harold W. ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, OH
( Harold's wife, thinking he had died ... married Robert A. MacDowell )
King, Clarence A. ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, CA
Sawyer, Francis E ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, WI
Schrader, William G. ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot
( Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
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He resided in Fairfield County, Connecticut prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on January 3, 1942 in Hartford, Connecticut. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Single, without dependents.
Frank was promoted to Staff Sergeant on September 22, 1942.
B-24D #41-24220 took off, with a crew of 10, from India on a bombing mission over Rangoon, Burma. After a successful bombing mission they were attacked and shot down by Japanese aircraft 30 miles west of Rangoon. The aircraft was hit in the bomb bay and a fire erupted. The fuselage broke in half and disintegrated. Five crew members were killed in the crash and five were able to parachute out and all became POW's of the Japanese.
Frank was "Killed In Action" in this crash during the war.
He was awarded the "Distinguished Flying Cross", Air Medal, and the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred overseas and was later repatriated here on September 9, 1949.
Service # 11041104
Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Krouse who resided in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldiers & sailors were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
( Bio by : ShaneO & Russ Pickett )
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-24D #41-24220:
Austin, Omar A. ~ T/Sgt, Engineer, VT
Chiarello, Frank J. ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, CT
Marshall, George H. ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, PA
Peters, Frank A. ~ Sgt, Waist Gunner, NM
Witte, Robert W. ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, WA
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who survived from B-24D #41-24220:
Gebert, Russell C. ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier
Goad, Harold W. ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, OH
( Harold's wife, thinking he had died ... married Robert A. MacDowell )
King, Clarence A. ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, CA
Sawyer, Francis E ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, WI
Schrader, William G. ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot
( Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
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SSGT, 493 AAF BOMB SQ, 7 BOMB GP WORLD WAR II
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