Elmer Clayton Freeman
MilitaryAssigned to 596BS, 397BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) R/R Oissel. Hit by flak prior to reaching the target. It was last seen going down with two engines smoking, but apparently under control near Aboucourt, France. 8-May-44 Evaded capture, via a farmer made contact with French underground. Betrayed in Paris by a double agent became a Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 4429.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Unit: 397th Bomb Group 596th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Konzentrationslager Buchenwald
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Peronne
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Greensboro, NC, USA | 8 June 1922 | Son of Robert R and Mimie Freeman. |
Enlisted |
Winston-Salem, NC, USA | 24 June 1942 | |
Other Shot Down |
Aboncourt, France | 8 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) R/R Oissel. Hit by flak prior to reaching the target. It was last seen going down with two engines smoking, but apparently under control near Aboucourt, France. 8-May-44 POW MACR 4429. |
Other Evaded capture |
France | 8 May 1944 | Evaded capture, via a farmer made contact with French underground. Captured in Paris. |
Died |
Niceville, FL, USA | 2 August 2012 | |
Based |
Rivenhall | 8 May 1944 | Assigned to 596BS, 397BG, 9AF USAAF. |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. | |
Guilford County, NC, USA | |||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Fresnes, France | Prisoner of War (POW). Fresnes Prison. | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
99427 Weimar, Germany | Prisoner of War (POW). Buchenwald Concentration Camp. | |
Buried |
Florida, USA | Body donated to medical science. |
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