Frank served as a Sergeant & Gunner on B-29 "The Leading Lady" (#42-24766), 882nd Bomber Squadron, 500th Bomber Group U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Northampton County, Pennsylvania prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on July 22, 1942 in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Single, without dependents.
Frank was "Killed In Action" when his B-29, after a successful bombing mission to Nagoya, Japan, was crashed into by a 55th Sentai Ki-61 Tony piloted by 1st Lt. Minoru Shirota and crashed southeast of Nagoya, in Sodame forest near the village of Matsudaira, Japan during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred in Yokohama, Japan and was later repatriated here on August 13, 1949.
Service # 33829896
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Airmen who perished on B-29 (#42-24766):
Aitken, Glendon M ~ 1st Lt, Bombardier, Pennsylvania
Dreyer, Paul E ~ S/Sgt, Radar Operator, Maryland
Hunt, Karl ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, Maine
Hurlbutt, Wilbur E ~ Maj, Pilot, New York
Mullen, Marcus A ~ Lt/Col, Passenger, New York
Nighan, Joseph P ~ Sgt, Radio Operator, Pennsylvania
Omilian, Felix P ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, New York
Steinberg, Richard P ~ Corp, Gunner, New Jersey
Stoehr, Edward H ~ 1st Lt, Navigator, Illinois
Truesdell, Glenn C ~ 1st Lt, Engineer, Alabama
Yanik, Frank J ~ Sgt, Gunner, Pennsylvania
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
He resided in Northampton County, Pennsylvania prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on July 22, 1942 in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Single, without dependents.
Frank was "Killed In Action" when his B-29, after a successful bombing mission to Nagoya, Japan, was crashed into by a 55th Sentai Ki-61 Tony piloted by 1st Lt. Minoru Shirota and crashed southeast of Nagoya, in Sodame forest near the village of Matsudaira, Japan during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred in Yokohama, Japan and was later repatriated here on August 13, 1949.
Service # 33829896
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Airmen who perished on B-29 (#42-24766):
Aitken, Glendon M ~ 1st Lt, Bombardier, Pennsylvania
Dreyer, Paul E ~ S/Sgt, Radar Operator, Maryland
Hunt, Karl ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, Maine
Hurlbutt, Wilbur E ~ Maj, Pilot, New York
Mullen, Marcus A ~ Lt/Col, Passenger, New York
Nighan, Joseph P ~ Sgt, Radio Operator, Pennsylvania
Omilian, Felix P ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, New York
Steinberg, Richard P ~ Corp, Gunner, New Jersey
Stoehr, Edward H ~ 1st Lt, Navigator, Illinois
Truesdell, Glenn C ~ 1st Lt, Engineer, Alabama
Yanik, Frank J ~ Sgt, Gunner, Pennsylvania
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Frank served as a Sergeant & Gunner on B-29 "The Leading Lady" (#42-24766), 882nd Bomber Squadron, 500th Bomber Group U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Northampton County, Pennsylvania prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on July 22, 1942 in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Single, without dependents.
Frank was "Killed In Action" when his B-29, after a successful bombing mission to Nagoya, Japan, was crashed into by a 55th Sentai Ki-61 Tony piloted by 1st Lt. Minoru Shirota and crashed southeast of Nagoya, in Sodame forest near the village of Matsudaira, Japan during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred in Yokohama, Japan and was later repatriated here on August 13, 1949.
Service # 33829896
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Airmen who perished on B-29 (#42-24766):
Aitken, Glendon M ~ 1st Lt, Bombardier, Pennsylvania
Dreyer, Paul E ~ S/Sgt, Radar Operator, Maryland
Hunt, Karl ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, Maine
Hurlbutt, Wilbur E ~ Maj, Pilot, New York
Mullen, Marcus A ~ Lt/Col, Passenger, New York
Nighan, Joseph P ~ Sgt, Radio Operator, Pennsylvania
Omilian, Felix P ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, New York
Steinberg, Richard P ~ Corp, Gunner, New Jersey
Stoehr, Edward H ~ 1st Lt, Navigator, Illinois
Truesdell, Glenn C ~ 1st Lt, Engineer, Alabama
Yanik, Frank J ~ Sgt, Gunner, Pennsylvania
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
He resided in Northampton County, Pennsylvania prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on July 22, 1942 in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Single, without dependents.
Frank was "Killed In Action" when his B-29, after a successful bombing mission to Nagoya, Japan, was crashed into by a 55th Sentai Ki-61 Tony piloted by 1st Lt. Minoru Shirota and crashed southeast of Nagoya, in Sodame forest near the village of Matsudaira, Japan during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred in Yokohama, Japan and was later repatriated here on August 13, 1949.
Service # 33829896
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Airmen who perished on B-29 (#42-24766):
Aitken, Glendon M ~ 1st Lt, Bombardier, Pennsylvania
Dreyer, Paul E ~ S/Sgt, Radar Operator, Maryland
Hunt, Karl ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, Maine
Hurlbutt, Wilbur E ~ Maj, Pilot, New York
Mullen, Marcus A ~ Lt/Col, Passenger, New York
Nighan, Joseph P ~ Sgt, Radio Operator, Pennsylvania
Omilian, Felix P ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, New York
Steinberg, Richard P ~ Corp, Gunner, New Jersey
Stoehr, Edward H ~ 1st Lt, Navigator, Illinois
Truesdell, Glenn C ~ 1st Lt, Engineer, Alabama
Yanik, Frank J ~ Sgt, Gunner, Pennsylvania
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Inscription
SGT, 882 AAF BOMB SQ, 500 BOMB GP WORLD WAR II
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Records on Ancestry
Advertisement
