Victor Frisbie
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 600BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. Six combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Dessau in B-17 42-102498 30-May-44; shot down, baled out into small lake and drowned. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5312
Awards: AM, PH.
Connections
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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: 398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-809892
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Tailend Charlie
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Hombourg, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Portland, OR | 18 December 1922 | Son of A Frisbie. |
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Died |
Aken, Germany | 30 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Dessau in B-17 42-102498 30-May-44; shot down. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5312 |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Nuthampstead | 30 May 1944 | Assigned to 600BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial | Tablets of the Missing Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial Liege, Belgium | |
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Buried |
Tahoma National Cemetery Kent, King County, WA | Memorialised Tahoma National Cemetery Kent, King County, Washington |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56281277/victor-frisbie
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127939865/victor-frisbie
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5312 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database