Fred Siegel
MilitaryRichard L. Bates Crew
466th BG - 785th BS
Standing Left to Right: Clifford Duke (B), Russell Satterfield (N), Richard L. Bates (P), Raymond Moss (CP)
Kneeling Left to Right: Michael Galat (R/O), Jack Morris (WG), Fred Siegel (E), Solon Whitney (TT), Tom Rugh (TG), Clyde M. Fauley (NG)
This crew completed a 30 mission tour: 30 May 1944 - 10 September 1944 466th Bomb Group collection
466th BG Historian
Fred Siegel lived in St Louis Missouri on Alabama Street at the time of enlistment and is listed as a sheet metal worker. Born July 10, 1920. Died in March23, 1983. Buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St Louis, Mo. He was extremely outgoing and was loved by many. Fred and his wife Betty had three girls and one boy. He loved the outdoors and was an avid hunter and fisherman. He rarely spoke of the war and never gave details. On rare occasions, if the war was brought up, he was emotional about the pilot Bates. He would simply utter his name out of respect. I pray they have met up in the after life and have peace, along with members of the crew that did not come home.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom and Brassfield, page 350