Louis A Fries
MilitaryOn January 3, 1943 in B-24D 41-23371 while serving as Bombardier the aircraft made a crash-landing near the crossroads south of Puncheston returning from target U/B yards (submarine) at St. Nazaire, France. Fuel shortage caused the crash. Fries was injured and hospitalized until February 2. Copilot Canfield was killed and the only fatality. The aircraft was too damaged to repair and was salvaged.
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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
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 3 January 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Returned to Duty (RTD) |
Puncheston, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire SA62, UK | 3 January 1943 - 2 February 1943 | Injured when the aircraft made a crash-landing near Puncheston, Pembrokeshire when it ran out of fuel upon return from a mission to St. Nazaire, France. He was injured and remained in hospital until 2-Feb-43 |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 1-Feb-2015. Added RTD event and edited Biography per "Losses of the 9th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; Made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 61, MACR 3301, 44th BG Roll of Honor and Casualties by Lundy p. 38, The 44th BG in WWII by MacKay and Adams p.27