Frank Hokr was born on August 1, 1924 and was from Illinois. He served as the Navigator on B-24 “Tenmenbak” (42-51324) of the 764th Bomber Squadron, 461th Bomber Group, 15th Air Force which was based out of Torretta Airbase in Italy.
On December 17, 1944, this plane was a mission to bomb the oil refineries in Odental, Germany. After the bombing run, “Tenmenback” had an engine problem and dropped out of formation and was shot down by enemy fighters. The plane crashed killing one crewmember. Eight crewmembers were taken prisoner and one was able to evade capture with the help of partisans. A memorial in Trenčianske Teplice ,Slovakia remembers the plane the crewmember who died with the plane. Reference Missing Aircraft Report {MACR} 10683
Hokr was taken as a POW (Camp Stalagluft 1) and remained there for the rest of the war.
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Hokr Frank Vladimir
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Frank Vladimir Hokr
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Second Lieutenant
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764th Bomber Squadron, 461th Bomber Group (H)
Date of Death:
2019-11-26
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Illinois
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Cremated
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