Name | Mattes, Frank George ‡ |
Rank | Second Lieutenant / First Lieutenant |
Serial Number | O-665319 ‡ |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, Special Orders #32 dated 1 February 1943, effective 1 February 1943. |
Duty | Pilot |
MOS | 1091 - Pilot, B-17 |
Last Duty Date | 17 August 1943 |
Results |
Killed In Action Final Resting Place or Memorial: Lorraine American Cemetery, Saint-Avold, France: Plot G Row 12 Grave 26 |
Additional Information |
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Related Documents | Missing Air Crew Report # 292⇓ (28.221 MB) |
Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
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2nd Lt. Mattes, Frank George | Pilot | KIA |
2nd Lt. Thompson, Arthur John, Jr⇗ | Co-pilot | POW |
2nd Lt. Wentworth, Wayne L⇗ | Navigator | POW |
2nd Lt. Konefal, Adam (NMI)⇗ | Bombardier | KIA |
S/SGT. Fletter, Homer Thomas⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | POW |
PFC. Dudley, John Charles⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | TR |
S/SGT. Carter, James Thomas⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | KIA |
PVT. Hay, Thomas (NMI)⇗ | Tail Gunner | POW |
S/SGT. Garcia, Edward Jiminez⇗ | Flexible Gunner | POW |
S/SGT. Thompson, John Paul⇗ | Flexible Gunner | POW |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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1⇗ | 22 June 1943 |
Target: General Motors Truck Factory Type: Industry Location: Antwerp, Belgium |
Pilot | 42‑3222⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
3⇗ | 26 June 1943 |
Target: Villacoublay Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France |
Pilot | 42‑3222⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
4⇗ | 28 June 1943 |
Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Beaumont-le-Roger, France |
Pilot | 42‑3222⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
5⇗ | 29 June 1943 |
Target: duNord Aircraft Works, Villacoublay Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France |
Pilot | 42‑3222⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
6⇗ | 4 July 1943 |
Target: Gnome et Rhone Aircraft Engine Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Le Mans, France |
Pilot | 42‑3222⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
-- | 9 July 1943 |
None Non-combat sortie |
Pilot | 42‑3222⇗ |
Low Squadron lead. Mission recalled. Sortie Report⇗ |
7⇗ | 10 July 1943 |
Target: Drucat Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Abbeville, France |
Pilot | 42‑3222⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron Lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
10⇗ | 25 July 1943 |
Target: Blohm & Voss Aircraft Works and Shipyard Type: Industry Location: Hamburg, Germany |
Pilot | 42‑3222⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group Deputy Lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
11⇗ | 28 July 1943 |
Target: Aircraft Engine Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel, Germany |
Pilot | 42‑3222⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
12⇗ | 29 July 1943 |
Target: Naval Base Type: Military Location: Kiel, Germany |
Pilot | 42‑3230⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
14⇗ | 12 August 1943 |
Target: Synthetic Fuel Hydrogenation Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Pilot | 42‑3222⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
15⇗ | 15 August 1943 |
Target: Poix-en-Picardie and Amiens-Glisy Airfields Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Poix-de-Picardie & Amiens, France |
Pilot | 42‑3222⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
16⇗ | 16 August 1943 |
Target: Le Bourget Airport & Air Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France |
Pilot | 42‑3222⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead, group deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
17⇗ | 17 August 1943 |
Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany |
Pilot | 42‑3222⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return High Squadron lead. Shot down by enemy aircraft before target; crashed near Mannheim, Germany. MACR 292 Sortie Report⇗ |