Fred A Fryer

Military

Shot down 26 July 1943 in B-17 42-30282. Plane crashed into North Sea. Escaped via the radio hatch. Prisoner of War.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.

305th Bomb Group

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

People

Sam Anderson Barron

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38308333
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Harold W Britton

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

James E Jennings

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-738558
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Leo Kelly

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Otto W Kuhlmann

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-661550
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-30282

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 26 July 1943

Revisions

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Sources

Associated person records with details from John Kuhlmann, relative of Otto Kuhlmann.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 95 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database