Martin E Free

Military

Killed in Action (KIA). Reported missing in B24H#42-7617 on route from Puerto Rico to British Guiana.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-7617

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Sunflower Sue
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

15 November 1943

Born

Habersham County, Georgia

Buried

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p. 373, ABMC