Admin/Biog History	Frank R. Penzenstadler was born in Oshkosh, WI on June 7, 1915, the son of Adeline Penzenstadler. He attended public schools and worked for McMillen Company and Laing & Reeve Bottling Company. He married Charlotte Bernier in Oshkosh, WI. He entered military service in November 1941 and was trained as an airplane engine mechanic, radio operator and mechanic, and aerial gunner. He was killed in action over the Ascention Islands in the Atlantic Ocean when the ferry bomber he was in crashed on December 15, 1943.
Category	8: Communication Artifact
Classification	Archives
Collection	Winnebago County Historical Commission
Dates of Accumulation	1943
Abstract	Diploma issued to Sergeant Frank R. Penzenstadler, Army Air Force, from Army Air Forces Technical School in Sioux Falls, SD for a course in Radio Operators & Mechanics dated June 21, 1943.
Event	World War II
Legal Status	Oshkosh Public Museum
Object ID	RG71.21.5
Object Name	Diploma
People	Penzenstadler, Frank R.
Subjects	World War II United States Army Air Force Casualties Bombers European Theater of Operations North African Campaign
Title	Diploma

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