World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Frank C. Baca
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Bayard, New Mexico
Honored By
Guy Dority, Terry Sunday & W.S. Stegall
BALL TURRET GUNNER B-17 AIRCRAFT, 20 YEARS OLD AND HIS 25TH MISSION MARCH 4, 1944. CAPTURED AFTER PARACHUTING FROM HIS FLYING FORTRESS. PRISONER OF WAR AND LIBERATED AFTER 14 MONTHS. AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS FOR DOWNING TWO BF-109 AND TWO FW-190 AIRCRAFT. AIR MEDAL WITH 3 OAK LEAF CLUSTERS.