Ralph William Freiberg
MilitaryJoined RAFVR, service pilot training in US, shipped overseas to ETO, operational training at OTU, assigned to 121S, missing in Spitfire Vb P8794 whilst escorting Bostons to Le Havre. Killed in Action (KIA) 4th May 1942.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Spitfire
- Unit: No 121 'Eagle' Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
La Crosse, WI, USA | 25 April 1911 | Born - 25th Apr 1911 Son of Edmund H. and Melinda Deters Freiberg, of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. |
Died |
English Channel | 4 May 1942 | Missing in Spitfire Vb P8794 whilst escorting Bostons to Le Havre. Killed in Action (KIA) 4th May 1942. |
Wisconsin, USA | Wisconsin, USA. | ||
Buried |
Runnymede Air Forces Memorial, Cooper's Hill Ln, Englefield Green, Egham, Surrey TW20 0LB, UK | Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, UK. | |
Other Joined RAFVR |
Canada | Joined Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. | |
Other service pilot training |
Bakersfield, CA, USA | Service pilot training in US. | |
Other Shipped overseas |
Merseyside, UK | Shipped overseas to ETO. | |
Other Operational training |
Great Britain, United Kingdom | Operational training at OTU. Conversion to Hurricane and Spitfires. | |
Other Assigned |
Kirton in Lindsey, Gainsborough, North Lincolnshire DN21, UK | 4 May 1942 | Assigned to 121 [Eagle] Sqn RAF. |
Revisions
EAGLES of the RAF - The World War II Eagle Squadrons by Phillip D Caine.
http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=3548
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1270445/FREIBERG,%20RALPH%20…
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=15252993&PIpi=109…
Combat Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia