Personal File · AirmanKilled in ActionPassed 04 Nov 1944

Eldon C. Frobish.

Pilot · 409th Squadron · Of IL.

The Man Behind the Name

§ Biography

1st Lt Eldon C. Frobish was the pilot of B-24J 42-109618, 409th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group. He was reported MIA following the mission of 4 November 1944.

German records indicate the aircraft crashed near Voslapp and that most crew members not recovered were drowned. His status was annotated K/A (Killed in Action) on the MACR cover sheet.

Service record.

§ As Catalogued
Rank
1st Lieutenant
Position
Pilot
Serial Number
O-706050
Hometown
IL

Missions flown.

3 catalogued · 04 Nov 1944 — 09 Oct 1944

The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.

Interment.

§ At Rest
Cemetery
Netherlands American Cemetery

Sources.

§ Provenance
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1944
Official record