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FLEISCHER, Frank Edward "Babe" - Date of
birth
20 July 1921 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York -
Hometown
Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
32579651 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
Assistant Radio Operator/Left Waist Gunner -
Unit
704th Bombardment Squadron,
446th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
22 December 1943 - Place of
death
Osnabrück, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Carl Fleischer (father)
Sarah (McCronsky) Fleischer (mother)
Geralda Fleischer (sister)
George Fleischer (brother)
James Fleischer (brother)
Gerald W. Fleischer (brother)
Clarence A. Fleischer (brother)
Carl Fleischer (brother)
Marie A. (Weinrich) Fleischer (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-7611 -
Data
Type: B-24 H
Nickname: Silver Dollar
Destination: Osnabrück, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the marshalling yard
MACR: 2009
More information
Frank E. Fleischer attended McKinley Vocation High School and was employed by the Curtiss Airplane Division.He enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 29 October 1942.
The aircraft was hit on a wing by a bomb of another aircraft in the formation. It lost a part of the wing and went into a spin.
Two crew members survived and were taken prisoner, eight were killed.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.footnote.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Buffalo Evening News - 25 September 1945, www.ancestry.com - Susan Fleischer