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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Robert Plimpton Frahm

Hometown

Tehachapi, California

Honored By

A Grateful American

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Activity During WWII

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO HELD THE RANK OF PILOT OFFICER AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE VOLUNTEER RESERVE. KILLED IN ACTION AT THE AGE OF 20 WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 72 'BASUTOLAND' SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (FIGHTER COMMAND) WHEN HIS SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MK VB (AB375) WAS ATTACKED BY LUFTWAFFE MESSERSCHMITT BF 109'S AND CRASHED NEAR CALAIS ON APRIL 24, 1942. BURIED AT PIHEN-LES-GUINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY, PIHEN-LES-GUINES, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE.