Arnold Freed

Military
media-43082.jpeg UPL 43082 2nd Lt. Arnold Freed, navigator on B17 (42-107-198) with the Barry crew, 388thBG, 562BS, 1944. Flew 33 missions. Survived Poltava.
Crew: Robert A. Barry (pilot), K.L. Crider (copilot), A. Freed (navigator), W.H. Menger (bombardier), G.K. Hoyt (radio op), W.A. Toles (engineer), RL Barger (ball turret), H.W. Cooper (right waist), H.G. Hampton (left waist), S. Paul (tail gunner).

E. Freed

Object Number - UPL 43082 - 2nd Lt. Arnold Freed, navigator on B17 (42-107-198) with the Barry crew, 388thBG, 562BS, 1944. Flew 33 missions. Survived Poltava. Crew: Robert...

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-107198

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Vernon, New York

Revisions

Date
ContributorEBFreed
Changes
Sources

Supplied by his daughter, Ellen.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html

Arnold Freed: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 43082 - 2nd Lt. Arnold Freed, navigator on B17 (42-107-198...

Object number: UPL 43095 - The image is of a TB-17F- 40/45- VE, "Argonaut II"...