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Personal info

Full name
WEBER, Frank Eldred
Date of birth
25 April 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Baltimore, Maryland
Hometown
Baltimore, Maryland

Military service

Service number
O-812518
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
353rd Fighter Squadron,
354th Fighter Group
Awards
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 May 1944
Place of death
North of Charleville-Mézières, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 8 42

Immediate family

Members
Pauline F. Weber (mother)
William A. Weber (brother)
Morie T. Weber (sister)
Gertrude Weber (sister)
Louise C. Weber (sister)
Helen V. Weber (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
43-6453
Data
Type: P-51B-5-NA
Nickname: Easy Rockin’ Mama
Destination: Charleville-Mézières, France
Mission: Bridge connecting the towns of Charleville and Mézières
MACR: 4680

More information

2nd Lt Frank E. Weber was a mechanic and repairman before he joined the Army in Baltimore, Maryland, on 25 May 1942.

Statement from 2nd Lt Robert Reynolds:
"I was flying number three position in Blue flight on a dive-bombing mission to Mézières, May 10th, 1944. 1st Lt Edward E. Hunt was leading the flight with 2nd Lt Frank E. Weber flying his wing. As we went down on the target, I was about 100 yards behind Lt Weber at about 4500 feet when his plane was hit by 20 mm flak and exploded. The wings came off, barely missing my aircraft. I did not see Lt Weber bail out. His plane crashed in flames just north of the target."

Lt Weber was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Champigneul, France

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, www.fold3.com - MACR
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, The Evening Sun 13 April 1944