Frank served as a Sergeant on B-24J "Hare Power" (#44-40117), 852nd Bomber Squadron, 491st Bomber Group, 8th Air Force, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Middlesex County, Massachusetts prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on December 13, 1943 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts. He was noted as being Single, without dependents.
Frank was "Killed In Action" with the rest of his crew during the war when his plane was shot down over Germany and he was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred overseas and was later repatriated here on July 1, 1950.
Service # 11110234
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Crew lost on B-24J "Hare Power" (#44-40117)
Adkins, Chester, 2nd Lt, Delaware
Cook, James W., FO, Texas
McDaniel, Melvin L., Sgt, Ohio
Reffner, Francis M., Sgt, Kansas
Rivera, Frank B., Sgt, Massachusetts
Roe, Frank C., FO, Tennessee
Schatzel, Walter O., Sgt, New York
(Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett)
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He resided in Middlesex County, Massachusetts prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on December 13, 1943 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts. He was noted as being Single, without dependents.
Frank was "Killed In Action" with the rest of his crew during the war when his plane was shot down over Germany and he was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred overseas and was later repatriated here on July 1, 1950.
Service # 11110234
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Crew lost on B-24J "Hare Power" (#44-40117)
Adkins, Chester, 2nd Lt, Delaware
Cook, James W., FO, Texas
McDaniel, Melvin L., Sgt, Ohio
Reffner, Francis M., Sgt, Kansas
Rivera, Frank B., Sgt, Massachusetts
Roe, Frank C., FO, Tennessee
Schatzel, Walter O., Sgt, New York
(Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett)
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Frank served as a Sergeant on B-24J "Hare Power" (#44-40117), 852nd Bomber Squadron, 491st Bomber Group, 8th Air Force, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Middlesex County, Massachusetts prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on December 13, 1943 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts. He was noted as being Single, without dependents.
Frank was "Killed In Action" with the rest of his crew during the war when his plane was shot down over Germany and he was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred overseas and was later repatriated here on July 1, 1950.
Service # 11110234
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Crew lost on B-24J "Hare Power" (#44-40117)
Adkins, Chester, 2nd Lt, Delaware
Cook, James W., FO, Texas
McDaniel, Melvin L., Sgt, Ohio
Reffner, Francis M., Sgt, Kansas
Rivera, Frank B., Sgt, Massachusetts
Roe, Frank C., FO, Tennessee
Schatzel, Walter O., Sgt, New York
(Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett)
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He resided in Middlesex County, Massachusetts prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on December 13, 1943 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts. He was noted as being Single, without dependents.
Frank was "Killed In Action" with the rest of his crew during the war when his plane was shot down over Germany and he was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred overseas and was later repatriated here on July 1, 1950.
Service # 11110234
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Crew lost on B-24J "Hare Power" (#44-40117)
Adkins, Chester, 2nd Lt, Delaware
Cook, James W., FO, Texas
McDaniel, Melvin L., Sgt, Ohio
Reffner, Francis M., Sgt, Kansas
Rivera, Frank B., Sgt, Massachusetts
Roe, Frank C., FO, Tennessee
Schatzel, Walter O., Sgt, New York
(Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett)
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