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Personal info

Full name
MILLEN, Frank Severne
Date of birth
26 March 1921
Age
21
Place of birth
Watkins Glen, Schuyler County, New York
Hometown
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
Ethnicity
White

Military service

Service number
J/16197
Rank
Pilot Officer
Function
Pilot
Unit
Royal Canadian Air Force

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 December 1942
Place of death
Veenweg, in the woods near Gortel
Gortel, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
Epe General Cemetery, The Netherlands
Plot Row Grave
2 10 627

Immediate family

Members
Ralph E. Millen (father)
Cecil S. Millen (mother)
Fannie E. Millen (sister)
Jean A. Millen (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
R9168
Data
Type: Short Stirling Mk I
Destination: Diepholz, Germany

More information

Frank S. Millen attended Watkins Glen High School. Early in 1941, while a junior at Norwich University, he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force.

The airplane was damaged by flak and attacked by a German night fighter, flown by Lt Werner Rapp of 7./NJG1.

One one crew member survived.

Source of information: www.wwiimemorial.com, http://basher82.nl, www.ancestry.com - Report of Death / New York State Census / US School Yearbook, www.newspapers.com - Star-Gazette

Photo source: Wouter van Dijken, www.ancestry.com -Norwich University Yearbook 1947, www.newspapers.com - Star-Gazette

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