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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Frank J. Wesner

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Ralph Bozorth

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

HE SERVED IN THE ARMY AIR CORPS AS A TURRET GUNNER ON B-17 BOMBERS. ON HIS 8TH MISSION, IN DECEMBER 1943, HE WAS SHOT DOWN OVER THE NORTH SEA AND CAPTURED BY THE GERMANS AND TRANSPORTED TO STALAG 17, THE AUSTRIAN PRISONER-OF-WAR CAMP. HE WAS MEMORIALIZED IN THE PLAY AND THE MOVIE STALAG 17. THERE WERE FAILED ATTEMPTS TO ESCAPE THROUGH TUNNELS THE PRISONERS DUG. THE RUSSIANS LIBERATED STALAG 17 IN MAY 1945.