Name:
Frank R. Koch
Rank:
Sergeant
Serial Number:
16065347
Unit:
41st Bomber Squadron, 94th Bomb Group
Date of Death:
0000-00-00
State:
Michigan
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Machinist of the B-17 “Hell’s Below” that took off from Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK on 29 May 1943 to bomb Rennes, France. The plane was shot down at 1634 by flak and German fighters. SGT Koch survived the crash and was taken prisoner at Stalag 17B in Braunau Gneikendorf. He was from Lansing, Michigan.