Bernard C Freeman
MilitaryAssigned to 765BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. 15 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 42-50953 'Flying Finger'; A/C downed by fighters. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 10677
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 765th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35540229 / O-709511 / O-56544
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Flying Finger
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 765th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Cerignola #3
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Craig County, OK | 23 February 1922 | Son of George Henry and Emma Lee [Hawkins] Freeman. |
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Enlisted |
Tulsa, OK | 20 August 1940 | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
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Died |
Muglitz, Germany | 17 December 1944 | |
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Buried |
Fairview Cemetery Vinita, Craig County, OK | Re-Interred Fairview Cemetery Vinita, Craig County, OK | |
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Based |
Torretta | 17 December 1944 | Assigned to 765BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. |