Frithjof Gunnar M Tollefsen
MilitaryAssigned to 732BS, 453BG, 8AF USAAF. On practice mission, became lost shortly after take off, failing to form up with section. Landed in Czechoslovakia with a badly wounded crew member. POW. MACR 2968. Wounded by flak in knee. Repatriated in Jan-45 when POW camp evacuated. Hospitalised Fort Lewis, WA.
Awards: POW, PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Cee Gee
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 732nd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft VI, Heydekrug
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Multnomah County, OR | 20 June 1920 | |
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Other Forced down |
Czech Republic | 4 February 1944 | On practice mission, became lost shortly after take off, failing to form up with section. Landed in Czechoslovakia with a badly wounded crew member. POW. MACR 2968. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 4 February 1944 | Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16 |
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Died |
Washington County, OR | 23 January 1994 | |
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Buried |
Willamette National Cemetery Portland, Multnomah County, OR | 26 January 1994 | Willamette National Cemetery Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon |
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Based |
Old Buckenham | 4 February 1944 | Assigned to 732BS, 453BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Repatriated |
Fort Lewis, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA, USA | Repatriated [Knee wound] when POW camp evacuated. Jan-45. Presumably a forced march. Hospitalised Fort Lewis, WA. |
Revisions
Updated POW event & Rank per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- The Liberator Men of Old Buc
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2968, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces