Frank C. Ferrel.
Engineer / Top Turret · 328th Squadron · Of Lueders, Texas, TX.
The Man Behind the Name
T/Sgt. Frank C. Ferrel served on the 1 August 1943 Ploesti mission. His role is listed as engineer in the official casualty record, while Warner's E&E crew list records him as waist gunner. The source records present conflicting position information for Ferrel.
Warner's crew list records his fate as 'unknown.' With five crew members confirmed in the wreckage and three surviving the bail-out (Warner, Vest, Reed), Ferrel's status could not be determined definitively from the information available to Warner at the time of the report. His serial number 18075492 was confirmed by an ETO headquarters correction document dated 24 July 1944. His next of kin was listed as Mrs. Maureen J. Ferrel (wife), Lueders, Texas.
Service record.
Missions flown.
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.