Edward P Freeburger
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Smith became a PoW on 21 March 1944 when his Mustang was one of seven downed by German flak in the Bordeaux region of France during a four-hour long strafing mission of enemy airfields in the area.
Three days earlier, he had been flying with Freeburger as his wingman when the latter was shot shot down and killed by Fw 190s near Nancy.
Corrected spelling of the word 'been'
Object Number - UPL 15389 - Capt. Kenneth G. Smith (left) and 1st Lt. Edward P. Freeburger of the 335th Fighter Squadron. Smith became a PoW on 21 March 1944 when his Mustang...
Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down by four Fw190's and crashed near Grafenwald, in P-51B 43-6460 on an escort and support mission to Southern Germany. Killed in Action (KIA). 18-Aug-44. MACR 3377.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
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Other Assigned |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 9 February 1944 - 18 March 1944 | Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Günzburg, Germany | 18 March 1944 - 18 March 1944 | Shot down by four Fw190's and crashed near Grafenwald, in P-51B 43-6460 on an escort and support mission to Southern Germany. Killed in Action (KIA). 18-Mar-44. MACR 3377. |
| Edgewood, Maryland, USA | |||
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Buried |
Maryland National Veterans Cemetery, Owings Mills, MD 21117, USA | Baltimore National Cemetery Baltimore Baltimore City Maryland, USA. |
Revisions
Personal research & 4th Fighter Group 'Debden Eagles' by Chris Bucholtz.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3377 / MACR 3377, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
