Frederick H Erdmann

Military

Assigned to 754BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down by flak and crashed at Diek on 29-Jun-44 in B-24 42-51095. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7092





Awards: DFC, AM (7OLC), PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

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

People

Charles Brad Armour

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31090487 / O-691465
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-51095

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Shoo Shoo Baby
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

La Grande, OR 13 March 1921 Son of William Frederick and Margaret [Farley] Erdmann.

Enlisted

Portland, OR 17 June 1942 Portland, Oregon

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 29 June 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Other

Baled out POW

29 June 1944 Shot down by flak and crashed at Diek on 29-Jun-44 in B-24 42-51095. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7092

Died

Dallas, TX 15 March 2010

Buried

Forest Park Cemetery West, Shreveport, LA 20 March 2010 Forest Park Cemetery West Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA

Based

Prisoner of war

Horsham St Faith 29 June 1944 Assigned to 754BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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https://www.fold3.com/image/28707364
https://www.fold3.com/image/668099851
https://www.fold3.com/record/84995691-frederick-h-erdmann
https://www.458bg.com/crewarmour.htm
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dallasmorningnews/obituary.aspx?n=fre…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204891966/frederick-h-erdmann

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https://www.fold3.com/image/28707364
https://www.fold3.com/image/668099851
https://www.fold3.com/record/84995691-frederick-h-erdmann
https://www.458bg.com/crewarmour.htm
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dallasmorningnews/obituary.aspx?n=fre…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204891966/frederick-h-erdmann

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Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 7092 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7092 & Page 275 of the book LIBERATORS OVER EUROPE by Mackay, Bailey & Scorza, D790G458