Daniel Friedman

Military
Black and white portrait of man wearing WWII-era Air-Force flying gear of leather bomber jacket, white cravat, helmet and goggles. Goggles are on top of man’s head. Man is looking off into the distance and smiling UPL 60678 UPL 60678 Daniel Friedman, 457th BG

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Object Number - UPL 60678 - Daniel Friedman, 457th BG

Flew 17 missions. Second mission to Munich Bob Grunhurd, our armorer/gunner, got his brains blown out. He was on the floor, white, no blood and our Bombardier bends down and feels his pulse. His brains and blood were two feet from him.



PH, 3 AM

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.

457th Bomb Group

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

Places

The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'

Glatton

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington

Events

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Born

1 May 1924

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Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.

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

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Black and white portrait of man wearing WWII-era Air-Force flying gear of leather bomber jacket, white cravat, helmet and goggles. Goggles are on top of man’s head. Man is looking off into the distance and smiling

Object number: UPL 60678 - Daniel Friedman, 457th BG