Visiting teacher group includes youngest daughter Col. Louis Frank, decorated N.H. military aviator
You never know who will walk through the Aviation Museum’s front door!
On Saturday, Sept. 14, the N.H. chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma International, the society for educators, met at in the Aviation Museum’s classroom. Among the group was Terry Thompson, the youngest daughter of Col. Louis Frank, a decorated N.H. aviator who served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II and the Korean War, and whose personal effects are on exhibit at the Aviation Museum.
Frank, who died in 2011, not only flew fighter aircraft during World War II, but also commanded the crew of a Marine Liberator, the second largest airplane used in that war. He went on to fly jet fighters during the Korean Conflict. Col. Frank was awarded the Air Medal five times in addition to the Distinguished Flying Cross. He was also the recipient of the Nationalist Chinese Order of the Cloud and Banner, 6th Grade for his humanitarian aid to China following World War II.
Following his death, Frank’s family donated a collection of his personal property to the Aviation Museum, where it serves as a valuable record of a New Hampshire native’s mid-20th century military flying career.
