Frederick Seibel

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 16-Aug-44 in B-17G #42-31673 'Lassie Come Home' while serving as Navigator. Aircraft was attacked by fighters and crashed at Deiderode, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA). 20 or 30 mm cannon shells exploded in the nose of his aircraft and killed him. Harlon B. Williams, also in the nose of the a/c, was also hit by splinters from the exploding cannon shells, tried to drag Seibel to the nose escape hatch, realized he was dead, and he bailed out.

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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

Aircraft

The nose art of a B-17G Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31673) nicknamed "Lassie Come Home" of the 91st Bomb Group Passed for publication 10 Jan 1943. On reverse: Not For Publication, Personal Use Only, US Army Examiner [Stamp].

42-31673

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lassie Come Home
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron

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Events

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Killed in Action (KIA)

Deiderode, 37133 Friedland, Germany 16 August 1944 Killed when aircraft was attacked by German fighters, exploded in mid-air, and crashed at Deiderode, Germany

Buried

Ohio, USA Originally buried by the Germans in a mass grave at Deiderode Cemetery, Germany. After the war his remains were re-interred for a time at the Ardennes American Cemetery C-12-291. His remains were repatriated after the war to Ohio

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.

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Interview with Haron B. Williams in 1998.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 15-Dec-2014. Corrected typo in KIA event.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 15-Dec-2014. Corrected typo in KIA event.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 15-Dec-2014. Corrected typo in biography.

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Lee Cunningham 15-Dec-2014. Added SN and KIA event per MACT 8183; added Burial event per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A Hey MBE; made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; edited biography adding crew position and for consistency. COMBINED data from a duplicate enrty based on original ingest of data from Paul Andrews "Project Bits and Pieces" and USAF Honor Roll.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8183