Fred Holcombe Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Back row left to right: F/O Fred Holcombe, F/O James Hardy, 2Lt George Kyle, Sgt Ernest A Schieferstein
Front row left to right: Sgt Howard Delaney, Sgt Frank R Turner, Sgt William R Kaufmann, Sgt George P Smith,T/Sgt Joel A Berly
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 36780 - 2Lt George A Kyle Crew 360BS, 303BG, 8AF. Back row left to right: F/O Fred Holcombe, F/O James Hardy, 2Lt George Kyle, Sgt Ernest A...
Assigned to 360BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) aborted mission to Stuttgart; Crashed Braydon Crag, Cheviot Hills on 16-Dec-44 returning to base due to failure of Gee and radio compass. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: PH.
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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: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13119430 / O-?
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 16 December 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Man, WV | 25 March 1922 | Son of Fred Snr and Sadie [Ashley] Holcombe. |
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Enlisted |
Camp Croft, SC | 10 March 1943 | Camp Croft South Carolina |
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Died |
Braydon Crag, Cheviot Hills | 16 December 1944 | |
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Buried |
18 December 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial | |
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Buried |
Bethel Methodist Church, Swannanoa, NC | Re-Interred Bethel Methodist Church Swannanoa, NC | |
| Swannanoa, NC | |||
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Based |
Molesworth | 16 December 1944 | Assigned to 360BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / crashsites at acia.co.uk
