Frank served as a First Lieutenant, Headquarters, Ninth Air Force, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
He resided in Baltimore County, Maryland prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on November 25, 1940, prior to the war, in Baltimore, Maryland. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Single, without dependents.
Frank "Died While A POW" of wounds received during the war and was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # O-573535
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
Report:
On 14 August 1944, Captain Underwood Abdelnour, Lieutenant Frank H Symington and Lieutenant Blanton Haskell departed Rennes, France with an intended destination as the German Air Field at Brest, traveling by Jeep.
On 16 August 1944, the party was ambushed by a German patrol on the outskirts of Gouesnou, France. Captain Abdelnour and Lt. Symington were seriously wounded, the Jeep overturned, and Lieutenant Haskell was taken prisoner. Abdelnour and Symington were given first aid by German medical personnel and carried to a German regimental Command post, from which place they were taken to a German hospital in the city of Brest by ambulance. Lieutenant Haskell was taken to a separate destination for interrogation.
The following day, 17 August 1944, Haskell was told by a German Officer that Lt. Symington had died during the night of the 16th but that Captain Abdelnour was still alive. Sometime later, Haskell received information from a German Officer in the prison camp that Captain Abdelnour had also died.
Haskell later escaped from the German POW camp and reported to Air Techncial Intelligence, where he related this information.
(Report supplied by Shootski)
He resided in Baltimore County, Maryland prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on November 25, 1940, prior to the war, in Baltimore, Maryland. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Single, without dependents.
Frank "Died While A POW" of wounds received during the war and was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # O-573535
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
Report:
On 14 August 1944, Captain Underwood Abdelnour, Lieutenant Frank H Symington and Lieutenant Blanton Haskell departed Rennes, France with an intended destination as the German Air Field at Brest, traveling by Jeep.
On 16 August 1944, the party was ambushed by a German patrol on the outskirts of Gouesnou, France. Captain Abdelnour and Lt. Symington were seriously wounded, the Jeep overturned, and Lieutenant Haskell was taken prisoner. Abdelnour and Symington were given first aid by German medical personnel and carried to a German regimental Command post, from which place they were taken to a German hospital in the city of Brest by ambulance. Lieutenant Haskell was taken to a separate destination for interrogation.
The following day, 17 August 1944, Haskell was told by a German Officer that Lt. Symington had died during the night of the 16th but that Captain Abdelnour was still alive. Sometime later, Haskell received information from a German Officer in the prison camp that Captain Abdelnour had also died.
Haskell later escaped from the German POW camp and reported to Air Techncial Intelligence, where he related this information.
(Report supplied by Shootski)
Frank served as a First Lieutenant, Headquarters, Ninth Air Force, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
He resided in Baltimore County, Maryland prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on November 25, 1940, prior to the war, in Baltimore, Maryland. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Single, without dependents.
Frank "Died While A POW" of wounds received during the war and was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # O-573535
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
Report:
On 14 August 1944, Captain Underwood Abdelnour, Lieutenant Frank H Symington and Lieutenant Blanton Haskell departed Rennes, France with an intended destination as the German Air Field at Brest, traveling by Jeep.
On 16 August 1944, the party was ambushed by a German patrol on the outskirts of Gouesnou, France. Captain Abdelnour and Lt. Symington were seriously wounded, the Jeep overturned, and Lieutenant Haskell was taken prisoner. Abdelnour and Symington were given first aid by German medical personnel and carried to a German regimental Command post, from which place they were taken to a German hospital in the city of Brest by ambulance. Lieutenant Haskell was taken to a separate destination for interrogation.
The following day, 17 August 1944, Haskell was told by a German Officer that Lt. Symington had died during the night of the 16th but that Captain Abdelnour was still alive. Sometime later, Haskell received information from a German Officer in the prison camp that Captain Abdelnour had also died.
Haskell later escaped from the German POW camp and reported to Air Techncial Intelligence, where he related this information.
(Report supplied by Shootski)
He resided in Baltimore County, Maryland prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on November 25, 1940, prior to the war, in Baltimore, Maryland. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Single, without dependents.
Frank "Died While A POW" of wounds received during the war and was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # O-573535
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
Report:
On 14 August 1944, Captain Underwood Abdelnour, Lieutenant Frank H Symington and Lieutenant Blanton Haskell departed Rennes, France with an intended destination as the German Air Field at Brest, traveling by Jeep.
On 16 August 1944, the party was ambushed by a German patrol on the outskirts of Gouesnou, France. Captain Abdelnour and Lt. Symington were seriously wounded, the Jeep overturned, and Lieutenant Haskell was taken prisoner. Abdelnour and Symington were given first aid by German medical personnel and carried to a German regimental Command post, from which place they were taken to a German hospital in the city of Brest by ambulance. Lieutenant Haskell was taken to a separate destination for interrogation.
The following day, 17 August 1944, Haskell was told by a German Officer that Lt. Symington had died during the night of the 16th but that Captain Abdelnour was still alive. Sometime later, Haskell received information from a German Officer in the prison camp that Captain Abdelnour had also died.
Haskell later escaped from the German POW camp and reported to Air Techncial Intelligence, where he related this information.
(Report supplied by Shootski)
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
