Dr. Newton reported that Frank was killed in action over Germany.
Frank Harte far Left in Primary training
100 BG / 349 BS
1LT FRANK W. HARTE,
From Montgomery, Alabama.
KIA 22-4-1944 as pilot of B-17G
/ #42-37783 / XR-'B' / 'Call Her Savage / Dodie' / MACR 4166.
Target: Hamm, Germany. Shot down by fighters. Crashed near
Oberschelden / Siegen, Germany. 3 KIA / 7 POW.
1Lt Harte is buried at Margraten Cemetery, K-2-21.
Also, see the Field Of Honor Database
Source of the group photograph: Pilot Class Book 43-F, Rankin, Tulare, California.
Courtesy of my Fields of Honor database colleague Corrina who indexed this class book.
Lt Harte is standing 1st from left.
SERIAL #: O-747404
STATUS: KIA
MACR: 04166
Comments1: 22 APR 44 HAMM-RUHR VALLEY.
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