Henry Junior Freitas
MilitaryAssigned to 720BS, 450BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Vienna mission 7-Oct-44 in B-24 42-52443; A/C abandoned as running low of fuel North of Mostar, Yugoslavia. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 9135
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 450th Bomb Group 720th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Oakland, CA | 10 March 1924 | Son of Leona Freitas. |
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Enlisted |
Buckley Field, Denver, CO | 18 February 1943 | Buckley Field Denver Colorado |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Moosburg, Germany | 7 October 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag VIIa. |
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Other Baled out POW |
Nth of Mostar, Yugoslavia | 7 October 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Vienna mission 7-Oct-44 in B-24 42-52443; A/C abandoned as running low of fuel North of Mostar, Yugoslavia. POW MACR 9135 |
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Died |
21 April 2012 | ||
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Buried |
Sacramento Valley National Cemetery, Dixon, CA | 24 April 2012 | Sacramento Valley National Cemetery Dixon, Solano County, CA |
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Based |
Manduria | 7 October 1944 | Assigned to 720BS, 450BG, 15AF USAAF. |