Billy Bruce Freeman

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-28076.jpeg UPL 28076 "Lt Holland and crew of the 92nd Bomb Group beside the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress 'Sharon Belle'. England, 2 October 1943."

L-R: Unkn, Unkn, T/Sgt Charles E Slayton, F/O Leighton D Patterson, Unkn, William "Billy Murray" Holland, Lt Col Charles J Kelly, Unkn, S/Sgt Billy B Freeman, Sgt Harry A Scott.

Object Number - UPL 28076 - "Lt Holland and crew of the 92nd Bomb Group beside the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress 'Sharon Belle'. England, 2 October 1943." L-R: Unkn, Unkn,...

Operational mission to Solingen in B-17F 42-30408 'Sharon Belle', mission was scrubbed due to weather, A/C was seen to explode at the nose, crashed near Astwell Castle with all crew lost, including Billy, 30-Nov-43. Killed in Action (KIA).



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 92nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18058400 / O-663914
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sharon Belle
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Bellevue, KY 4 February 1920 Next of Kin on draft registration - H W Freeman.

Enlisted

Fort Thomas, Newport, KY 29 October 1941

Died

Astwell Castle Farm, UK 30 November 1943 Solingen mission in B-17F 42-30408 'Sharon Belle'; A/C was seen to explode at the nose, crashed near Astwell Castle with all crew lost, 30-Nov-43. KIA.
Dayton, KY

Based

Podington 30 November 1943 Assigned to 327BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF.

Based

Podington 30 November 1943 Assigned to 327BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, KY Re-Interred Zachary Taylor National Cemetery Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

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Combat Chronology, Losses of Eighth and Ninth Air Forces Vol I by Bishop & Hey p. 394-5 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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