Frank E. Tomlinson                                                                                  Updated:  08 JUN 2015

Airman: e777671.htm Surname: Tomlinson Init: F E Rank: 2ndLt Service: USAAF Sqdn: 326

P_link: p241.htm Plane: B17 423554 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: The North Sea

Crash_d: d091043 Buried_d: e777c C_link: e777c.htm At_Next: NO - CAM

"Den 9. oktober 1943 angreb USAAF med 378 4-motorede bombefly flyfabrikker i den østlige del af Polen og Østpreussen, samt havnefaciliteter i Gdynia (her)
og Danzig (Gdansk her). Både på udturen og hjemturen passerede formationerne Danmark, hvor tyske jagermaskiner angreb bomberne." (FAF)
På hjemturen blev B17 42-3554 angrebet af tyske jagere. 5 flyvere sprang ud inden flyet eksploderede i luften omkring her 16 km syd sydvest for Blåvandshuk
den 9. oktober 1943 kl. 16.45. (Kilde: AOD)

Pilot 2nd Lt William F. Whelan, Co-Pilot 2nd Lt Frank E. Tomlinson og Bombardier 2nd Lt Fred S. Rodway har ingen kendt grav. (Kilde: MACR)
Co-Pilot 2nd Lt Frank E. Tomlinson har sit navn på Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery, England.
Han kom i tjenesten fra Iowa. Hæderstegn: Air Medal med Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart. (Kilde: ABMC)

2 flyvere fra B17 42-3554 blev begravet i Danmark, 3 har ingen kendt grav og 5 blev krigsfanger.
 Se Tegning af besætningen på en B-17*Foto af en B-17 + B-17 i airmen.dk*B-17 Ball Turret, Ammunition og Ball Turret Gunner*B-17 Flyvende Fæstning. 10 flyvere.

"On 9 October, 1943 USAAF attacked aircraft factories in the eastern part of Poland and East Preussia together with harbour facilities in Gdynia (here) and Danzig
(Gdansk here) with 378 4-engined bombers. Both on the way out and the way home the formations passed Denmark, where German fighters attacked the bombers." (FAF)
On the return flight B17 42-3554 was attacked by German fighters. 5 airmen bailed out before the plane exploded in the air about here 10 miles south south west of Blåvandshuk on 9 October 1943 at 16.45 hours. (Source: AOD)

Pilot 2nd Lt William F. Whelan, Co-Pilot 2nd Lt Frank E. Tomlinson and Bombardier 2nd Lt Fred S. Rodway have no known grave. (Source: MACR)
Co-Pilot 2nd Lt Frank E. Tomlinson has his name inscribed on Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery, England.
He entered the Service from Iowa. Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart. (ABMC)

2 airmen from B17 42-3554 were buried in Denmark, 3 have no known grave and 5 became Prisoners of War.

See Drawing of the crew of a B-17 * Photo of  a B-17 + B-17s in airmen.dk * B-17 Ball Turret, Ammunition and the story of a Ball Turret Gunner.
It took off from RAF Podington - USAAF Station 109. Also Lester Schrenk was in Podington. This B-17 was from 326th BS, 92nd BG, 40th CBW, 1 BD, 8 AF of the USAAF. See 92nd Bombardment Group (Heavy) and 92nd USAAF-USAF Memorial Association. 10 airmen.