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Old 21st March 2026, 21:30
George 118 George 118 is offline
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FRANK A. KAPPELER

FRANK A. KAPPELER (0-419579), a navigator on a B-25B during the Doolittle Raid, later served as a B-26 Marauder navigator in the ETO from November 1943 to June 1945.

I have records showing that he took part in the following missions:

391st Bomb Group, 575th Bomb Squadron — 18 April 1944, Mission 25
391st Bomb Group, 573rd Bomb Squadron — 5 May 1944, Mission 46
391st Bomb Group, 573rd Bomb Squadron — 14 May 1944, Mission 59
391st Bomb Group, 574th Bomb Squadron — 12 June 1944, Mission 92
391st Bomb Group, 573rd Bomb Squadron — 19 July 1944, Mission 118
391st Bomb Group, 573rd Bomb Squadron — 1 August 1944, Mission 126
391st Bomb Group, 573rd Bomb Squadron — 6 September 1944, Mission 159

He is also listed as Bombardier/Navigator on an A-26 ETO Combat Evaluation Mission (Mission 8).

386th Bomb Group — 16 September 1944 — Bergen op Zoom, Holland

Do you know which unit he served in?
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Old 22nd March 2026, 09:10
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Re: FRANK A. KAPPELER

Look at https://www.416th.com/A-26-ETO-Comba...Personnel.html for more info and perhaps other missions for Kappeler.

He's listed in 553rd BS to B-o-Z

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