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BULLARD, Frank Eugene - Date of
birth
22 December 1922 -
Age
20 - Place of
birth
Minnesota -
Hometown
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-674134 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
Navigator -
Unit
368th Bombardment Squadron,
306th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
3 November 1943 - Place of
death
North Sea, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Arthur W. Bullard (father)
Hazel V. (Vanstrum) Bullard (mother)
Mary L. Bullard (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-30776 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Lady Marylin
Destination: Wilhemshaven, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the U-boat yards
MACR: 1158
More information
1st Lt Frank E. Bullard graduated from Central High School and was a clerk.He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in Minneapolis, Minnesota on 24 March 1942.
The airplane collided in mid-air with B-17 #42-3533. All crew members of both planes, twenty men in total, were killed.
Lt Bullard is memorialized at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.fold3.com, www.newspapers.com - Star Tribune, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census
Photo source: Steve Edquist, www.findagrave.com - Laura Phillips, Stefan Warnier, www.ancestry.com - Central High School Yearbook 1941, www.newspapers.com - Star Tribune