World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Frank Bender
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Chicago, Illinois
Honored By
William L. Beigel
SERGEANT, SERVED WITH THE 489TH BOMB GROUP, 844TH BOMB SQUADRON. HIS B-24 WAS RETURNING FROM A MISSION WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER B-24 OVER WALBERSWICK, SUFFOLK COUNTY, ENGLAND, SEPTEMBER 27, 1944. THERE WERE NO SURVIVORS IN EITHER AIRCRAFT.