Emile Goss Freeman

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-41769.png UPL 41769 Dog Tag from KU-3248 : https://catalog.archives.gov/id/147904477

Dog Tag from KU-3248 : https://catalog.archives.gov/id/147904477

Object Number - UPL 41769 - Dog Tag from KU-3248 : https://catalog.archives.gov/id/147904477

Emile Freeman was Radio Operator/Gunner on B-17 Serial 44-8208, shot down on the Merseburg mission 2 November 1944. Killed in Action (KIA). According to statements from some fellow crew members, he went back to the radio room to fetch his parachute and probably jumped after them; others think he either didn't leave the plane or his parachute didn't open.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Oliver Kenneth Birch

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19104866
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Raphael Henry Czepkiewicz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32574205 at enlistment, then O-716374
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Mike Duran

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17111190
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Roy Arthur Hammer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17051730 at enlistment, then O-758693
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Oron Edward Harper

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13129300 at enlistment, then O-552166
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

44-8208

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: My Baby II
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

698

  • Date: 2 November 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

15 November 1920 Spruce Pine, Franklin County, Alabama

Enlisted

23 May 1942 Birmingham, Alabama

Other

Killed In Action (KIA)

2 November 1944

Buried

2 November 1944 Initially buried at the Förderstedt cemetery, 35km NW of Köthen, Germany
Spruce Pine, Franklin County, Alabama

Buried

Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial After the war, his remains were brought to the Luxembourg American Cemetery – Plot H – Row 9 – Grave 32

Revisions

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

NARA WWII Enlistment Records
WWII Draft Card
MACR 2902
NARA - Captured German records - KU-3248
ABMC website

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10143 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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