Franklin served as a First Lieutenant & Pilot on a B-24 #44-41086, 513th Bomber Squadron, 376th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Logan County, Illinois prior to the war.
He was promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant on June 29, 1944.
Franklin was "Killed In Action" when his B-24 exploded after take-off for an unknown reason in San Pancrazio, Italy.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Franklin also has a "Cenotaph" in Old Union Cemetery, Lincoln, Illinois.
Service ID: O-695768.
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.
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Airmen who perished on B-24 #44-41086:
Accola, Roy A ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, CO
Austin, Dillard D ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, MI
Beach, Kenneth R ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, WY
Bunker, Allen J ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, WI
Bunting, Henry S ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, KN
Chapman, Lyle C ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, ND
Freedman, Charles ~ 1st Lt, Navigator, PA
Kenrick, James J ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, NY
Kinzie, Raymond J ~ T/Sgt, Engineer,
O'Hern, Edward R ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, OH
Rimerman, Franklin R ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, IL
It is unknown why records show "two" Navigator's on this B-24. Since 2nd Lt. Bunting is shown as the normally assigned Navigator for this crew is it believed that 1st Lt. Freedman volunteered for this mission to get "flying points" towards a trip home. This was not "unusual" during World War II.
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Franklin served as a First Lieutenant & Pilot on a B-24 #44-41086, 513th Bomber Squadron, 376th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Logan County, Illinois prior to the war.
He was promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant on June 29, 1944.
Franklin was "Killed In Action" when his B-24 exploded after take-off for an unknown reason in San Pancrazio, Italy.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Franklin also has a "Cenotaph" in Old Union Cemetery, Lincoln, Illinois.
Service ID: O-695768.
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.
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Airmen who perished on B-24 #44-41086:
Accola, Roy A ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, CO
Austin, Dillard D ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, MI
Beach, Kenneth R ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, WY
Bunker, Allen J ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, WI
Bunting, Henry S ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, KN
Chapman, Lyle C ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, ND
Freedman, Charles ~ 1st Lt, Navigator, PA
Kenrick, James J ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, NY
Kinzie, Raymond J ~ T/Sgt, Engineer,
O'Hern, Edward R ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, OH
Rimerman, Franklin R ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, IL
It is unknown why records show "two" Navigator's on this B-24. Since 2nd Lt. Bunting is shown as the normally assigned Navigator for this crew is it believed that 1st Lt. Freedman volunteered for this mission to get "flying points" towards a trip home. This was not "unusual" during World War II.
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1LT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II
Gravesite Details
Originally interred in the U.S. Cemetery, Bari, Italy and was later repatriated here on December 5, 1949.
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