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Personal info

Full name
HARMES, Frank Marion
Date of birth
25 January 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Lavaca County, Texas
Hometown
Harlingen, Bexar County, Texas

Military service

Service number
O-663517
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
456th Bombardment Squadron,
323rd Bombardment Group, Medium
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
18 April 1944
Place of death
North Sea, off the shore of Dunkirk, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Otto A. Harmes (father)
Margaret P. (Walter) Harmes (mother)
Joe R. Harmes (brother)
Dorothy M. (Henderson) Harmes (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
41-31873
Data
Type: B-26B-30
Destination: Dunkerque, France
Mission: Bombing of gun positions and a marshalling yard
MACR: 4003

More information

1st Lt Frank M. Harmes graduated from Jefferson High school and was a student at the University of Texas when he enlisted.

This airplane was hit by flak in the nose; it pulled up under B-26 #41-35006 and rammed its tail. Both aircraft crashed into the sea.

The entire crew of five men was killed.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / The San Antonio Light

Photo source: FOHF, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Thomas Jefferson High School Yearbook 1934