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SOLOMON, Frank B - Date of
birth
27 July 1921 -
Age
22 -
Place of birth
Los Angeles County, California -
Hometown
Lincoln County, Maine -
Religion
Jewish
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-886173 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
Pilot -
Unit
12th Replacement Depot
-
Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
2 January 1944 - Place of
death
Genshaven, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| A | 37 | 51 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Llewellyn Solomon (father)
Ida B. (Stieglitz) Solomon (mother)
Charles L. Solomon (brother)
David J. Solomon (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
W4892 -
Data
Type: Lancaster
Destination: Berlin, Germany
Mission: Bombing od the city
More information
Lt Solomon served as a bomber pilot with 207 RAF Squadron.On the night of 1 January 1944 he took off as part of a raid of nearly 400 planes for targets around Berlin, The aircraft that night was EM-T (Serialnumber W4892). They took off at 2350 from the RAF field at Spilsby, England. Sometime early on 2 January his plane was brought down (either by flak, night-fighters or unknown causes) and crashed in the vicinity of the Daimler-Benz works at Genshaven, 4 km east northeast of Ludwigsfelde, where the crew originally was buried. The entire crew was lost, so no one knows exactly the circumstances. In October 1947, Frank and the Navigator of his crew (also American) were exhumed and their remains were taken to the US Military Cemetery at Neuville-en-Condroz in Belgium.
Lt. Solomon's younger brother, Sgt Charles L. Solomon,- was also shot down on a bombing mission and is buried at Normandy American Cemetery.
Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.fold3.com, ABMC, Operation Benjamin, 1930 US Census, California Birth Index
Photo source: www.findagrave.com