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FRANKLIN, Marthal Noles - Date of
birth
18 September 1921 -
Age
21 - Place of
birth
Minden, Webster Parish, Louisiana -
Hometown
Columbia, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
18134153 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Right Waist Gunner -
Unit
335th Bombardment Squadron,
95th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
26 July 1943 - Place of
death
Bremen, west of river Elbe, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Ernest E. Franklin (father)
Ava L. (Noles) Franklin (mother)
Francis E. Franklin (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-3264 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Angel of Destruction
Destination: Hannover, Germany
Mission: Bombing of rubber factories
MACR: 193
More information
The airplane was shot down by enemy aircraft and flak, which knocked out two engines. The entire crew of ten men was killed.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / WWII Draft Card
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.95thbg.com, www.findagrave.com