Lonnie Freeman
MilitarySeptember 9, 1944 AC#4231876 'Fire Ball' or 'Fire Ball Red' crash landed due to mechanical failure during either takeoff or assembly. All 10 crew members returned. Plane was salvaged September 10, 1944
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Fire Ball Red
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
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Sources
Combat Chronology p. 205 and Supplement p. 474 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia