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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Frank Stanley Penksa

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Sam E. Pennartz

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

ENLISTED ON 9 MARCH 1942 AT FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND. ASSIGNED TO THE ARMY AIR CORPS, 5TH AIR FORCE, 54TH TROOP CARRIER WING, 374TH TROOP CARRIER GROUP, 6TH TROOP CARRIER SQUADRON. ON 14 JUNE 1943, HE WAS ONBOARD A B-17 (TAIL NUMBER 40-2072) RETURNING TO PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA FROM MACKAY, QUEENSLAND. HE DIED SHORTLY AFTER TAKE-OFF FROM MACKAY AIRFIELD WHEN THE CONVERTED B-17C FLYING FORTRESS, BEING USED AS A TROOP TRANSPORT, CAUGHT FIRE AND CRASHED AT BAKERS CREEK, NEAR MACKAY, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA. HE IS INTERRED AT THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL CEMETERY OF THE PACIFIC, HONOLULU, HAWAII.