Donald "Don" J. Frye

Staff Sergeant Don Frye was a flight engineer aboard B-17 Bombers.  On his fifth mission, his plane was shot down by German forces over enemy lines.  The plane became engulfd in flames and required immediate evacuation,  Don first evacuted the wounded before parachuting himself.  During his descent, he as shot through the leg and then captured by  the German forces.  He spent 13 months in German POW camp STALAG 17 until the war ended.