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Linden Alton Fravel

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Title

Linden Alton Fravel

Subject

Military personnel - United States - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Cadets - Virginia, Shenandoah County
Fravel, Linden Alton (1919-1971)

Description

Portrait photograph of Linden Alton Fravel (1919-1971) when he was a U.S. Army Air Force Cadet.

Linden was the son of William Dallas Fravel (1888-1962), of Woodstock, and Olive Catherine (Stultz) Fravel (1889-1982).

Linden had finished 2 years of college when he enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1943. He became an aviation cadet and completed primary and basic pilot training before becoming an aerial gunner in B-24 Liberators.

Linden served in the 15th Air Force, 459th Bomb Group, 756th Bomb Squadron in Italy during his WWII service.

After the war, he married Mary Jane (Haislip) Fravel (1924-2018) in 1948. She was born in Salem, Virginia, and worked as a secretary for Lewis-Gale Hospital there when they married. Her parents were Walter Armstrong and Mary Leone (Johnston) Haislip.

The couple lived in the Stephens City area of Frederick County for much of their married lives. Linden operated "Fravel's Plant and Fish Garden" as a nurseryman in his later years.

Creator

Morrison Studio

Source

Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society

Publisher

Shenandoah County Library

Date

ca 1940's

Contributor

Identified by his son P.M. Fravel
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.

Rights

IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Relation

Linden Alton Fravel appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 000343, 003291, 006229, 006230, 008721, 011230 and 011540.

Identifier

003291

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Glass Negatives

Citation

Morrison Studio, “Linden Alton Fravel,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed October 4, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/29747.

Comments

P. M. Fravel

This is Linden Alton Fravel. Born on a farm west of Woodstock, VA. Enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Force and the Aviation Cadet program. Completed primary and basic pilot training before becoming an aerial gunner.  Served in the 15th Air Force, 459th Bomb Group, 756th Bomb Squadron, Italy during WW II.  B-24 heavy bomber aerial gunner. 

(Submitted by his son, P. M. Fravel)

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