Marvin Fryden
Military
Object Number - UPL 57495 - Lt. Marvin Fryden
Assigned to 544BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Was fatally wounded by flak aboard B-17 'The Tremblin Gremlin', remained at his bombsight until bombs-away, then collapsed died in hospital of chest wounds 27-Jun-44. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: PH.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36264852 / T-61425 / O-?
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Trembling Gremlin
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 5 August 1944
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Chicago, IL | 13 January 1942 | Chicago, Illinois |
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Died |
Halesworth, UK | 27 June 1944 | Fatally wounded by flak aboard B-17 'The Tremblin Gremlin', died in hospital of chest wounds 27-Jun-44. Killed in Action (KIA). |
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Buried |
28 June 1944 | Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, England Plot E Row 2 Grave 4 | |
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Born |
Cook County, IL | ||
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Based |
Grafton Underwood | 28 June 1944 | Assigned to 544BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
8th AAF Historical Sociaty, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
