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name
HOLMAN, Frank Winney - Date of
birth
6 May 1923 -
Age
21 -
Place of birth
Poncha Springs, Chaffee County, Colorado -
Hometown
Chaffee County, Colorado
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
37344975 -
Rank
Technical Sergeant -
Function
Radio Operator/Gunner -
Unit
322nd Bombardment Squadron,
91st Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
2 November 1944 - Place of
death
Near Gnetsch, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| C | 2 | 3 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Edward F. Holman (father)
Lucy A. (Husband) Holman (mother)
Edward G. Holman (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-38083 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Man O’ War II – Horsepower Ltd
Destination: Merseburg, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the synthetic oil plant
MACR: 10144
More information
Sgt Frank W. Holman was employed at aTexaco Service Station before he enlisted in Denver, Colorado on 21 April 1943.T/Sgt Maurice D. Sherk:
We were flying at approximately 27,500 feet altitude, about five minutes after bombs away when we were attacked by about 40 to 50 enemy fighters. Aircraft 42-38083 was hit in the trailing edge of the right wing and the eppenage. Fragments came off of the wing and the tail and as they came off the aircraft turner over on its side. There was fire in the right wing. At this point I lost sight of subject aircraft. No parachutes were seen to come from this ship.
2nd Lt Roy R. Cook:
Germans said he was found dead in the plane.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand-Failly, France.
He is remembered at the Fairview Cemetery in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado and also at the Poncha Springs Cemetery in Poncha Springs, Chaffee, Colorado.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Thompson Tree, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.findagrave.com – Coleman / ShaneO / Donna J. Plamondon
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – LuxAmCem / Vicki Holton Bousquet, www.ancestry.com – U.S. School Yearbooks