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Personal info

Full name
FRANKENBERG, Manley Gordon
Date of birth
21 November 1921
Age
21
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O-735302
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Bombardier
Unit
563rd Bombardment Squadron,
388th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 September 1943
Place of death
Near Stuttgart, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 25 15

Immediate family

Members
Benjamin F. Frankenberg (father)
Ethel J. (Bailey) Frankenberg (mother)
Alice B. Frankenberg (sister)
Benjamin F. Frankenberg Jr. (brother)
Harry M. Frankenberg (brother)
Mary F. Frankenberg (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-3378
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Silver Dollar aka Sky Shy
Destination: Stuttgart, Germany
Mission: Bombing of aircraft and bearings factories
MACR: 3114

More information

Manley Frankenberg attended Carl Schurz High School in Chicago, Illinois and was a clerk.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States in chicago, Illinois on 31 January 1942.

Aircraft and bearing factories in and around Stuttgart, Germany are targeted but extensive clouds prevent all but a few B-17s from attacking the primary targets. Instead various targets of opportunity are bombed.

This group lost eleven aircraft during this mission. The entire low squadron and four from the lead squadron were lost at approximately the same time. For this reason little is known about the exact circumstances.

Nine crew members could bail out and were taken prisoner, only Lt Frankenberg was killed. According to the surviving crew members he was caught in the plane and went down with it.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Dominique Van de Straete, Chicago Tribune - 10 October 1943