Harold F Freeman

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. On takeoff from Hethel to Tunisia in B24 42-40701 when fuel ran low and 2 engines cut out so emergency landing made at Sisi Ahmed. All crew returned. 21-Sep-43. Freeman was injured. WIA. RTD. Ditched in North Sea in B-24H 41-28764. 29-Apr-44. Killed in Action (KIA). Body never recovered.



Awards: AM (3 OLC), PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.

389th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

41-28784

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Crash landed WIA

Sidi Amar, Algeria 21 September 1943 On takeoff from Hethel to Tunisia in B24 42-40701 when fuel ran low and 2 engines cut out so emergency landing made at Sisi Ahmed. All crew returned. 21-Sep-43. Freeman was injured. WIA. RTD.

Died

North Sea 29 April 1944 Ditched in North Sea in B-24H 41-28764. 29-Apr-44. Killed in Action (KIA).
Hannibal, Missouri, USA

Enlisted

Missouri, USA

Buried

Tablets of the missing.

Based

Hethel 29 April 1944 Assigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5473 / MACR 5473, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 288 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database