Frank C. Ferrel.
Engineer / Top Turret · 328th Squadron · Of Lueders, Texas, TX.
The man.
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.