Emile Goss Freeman
Military ROLL OF HONOURDog Tag from KU-3248 : https://catalog.archives.gov/id/147904477
Emile Freeman was Radio Operator/Gunner on B-17 Serial 44-8208, shot down on the Merseburg mission 2 November 1944. Killed in Action (KIA). According to statements from some fellow crew members, he went back to the radio room to fetch his parachute and probably jumped after them; others think he either didn't leave the plane or his parachute didn't open.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35350761
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-766343
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13062522 at enlistment, then O-695717
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Radar Navigator
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Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
15 November 1920 | Spruce Pine, Franklin County, Alabama | |
Enlisted |
23 May 1942 | Birmingham, Alabama | |
Other Killed In Action (KIA) |
2 November 1944 | ||
Buried |
2 November 1944 | Initially buried at the Förderstedt cemetery, 35km NW of Köthen, Germany | |
Spruce Pine, Franklin County, Alabama | |||
Buried |
Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial | After the war, his remains were brought to the Luxembourg American Cemetery – Plot H – Row 9 – Grave 32 |
Revisions
NARA WWII Enlistment Records
WWII Draft Card
MACR 2902
NARA - Captured German records - KU-3248
ABMC website
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10143 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database