Jarvis H Friduss

Military

Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Politz on 10/7/44 in B-17 'Bettys Revenge' #42107084



AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster, PH

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

Factory fresh B-17s

42-107084

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Betty's Revenge
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

7 October 1944

Born

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Buried

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 7 October 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9760 / MACR 9760,

href="http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2420">http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2420> / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database