Ralph William Freiberg

Military
media-18481.jpeg UPL 18481 RAF flight training classmates at Bakersfield, California, Summer/Fall 1941. Identified on reverse of the photo as "Tobin, Johnson, Freiberg, and Danny O'Brien." Freiberg is believed to be the man standing at the far right. (The other two standing figures are known to be John Tobin, left, and Carl Lee Johnson, center.)

Object Number - UPL 18481 - RAF flight training classmates at Bakersfield, California, Summer/Fall 1941. Identified on reverse of the photo as "Tobin, Johnson, Freiberg, and...

Joined 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

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Unit: No 121 'Eagle' Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

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.

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Sources

Combat Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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