Harold H Frederick

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-20761.jpeg UPL 20761 1st Lt Harold H Frederick 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.

Object Number - UPL 20761 - 1st Lt Harold H Frederick 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.

Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Lt. Harold H. Fredericks was shot down by flak on 6 June 1944. He evaded capture and was returned to duty.

On 29 May 1945, while ferrying surplus aircraft to Speke Air Depot, Liverpool, he and F/O Darnaby M. Wilhoit crashed in cloud-covered terrain and became the last fatalities of the 4th Fighter Group in WW II.

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Units served with

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 336th Fighter Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Crew Chief
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 336th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-063452
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron
A damaged P-51 Mustang (VF-H) of the 336th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group.
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron
A P-51 Mustang nicknamed "Johnetta IV" of the 4th Fighter Group - Debden. Handwritten on slide case:"P-51D 4th FGrp "JOHNETTA IV" DEBDEN 4-45 AFM
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Johnetta IV
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron 357th Fighter Squadron
A P-51 Mustang (serial number 44-72181), nicknamed "Sunny VIII", flown by Colonel Everett Stewart, of the 4th Fighter Group - Debden. Handwritten on slide case:"Col Stewart's acft 8 x 10 N+ VFS 472181 G. Weckbacker"
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Sunny VIII
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Providence, IN 46106, USA 17 November 1922 Son of Marion Martin and Essye Mae [Newman] Frederick.

Enlisted

Chicago, IL, USA 30 June 1942 Enlisted Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Other

Assigned

Debden 20 February 1944 - 29 May 1945 Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

C Flight Commander

1 June 1944 Designated Flight Commander C Flight.

Other

Evaded EVD/RTN

Évreux, France 6 June 1944 Shot down by flak on 6 June 1944 whilst strafing a truck convoy. He evaded capture and was returned to duty. MACR 5609.

Died

Crewe, Cheshire East, UK 29 May 1945 While ferrying surplus aircraft to Speke Air Depot, Liverpool, he and F/O Darnaby M Wilhoit crashed in cloud-covered terrain and became the last fatalities of the 4th Fighter Group in WW II.
Oakland City, IN 47660, USA

Buried

Odd Fellows Cemetery Clay, Webster County, KY Re-Interred Odd Fellows Cemetery Clay, Webster County, Kentucky

Buried

Interred Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK.

Revisions

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Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- '1000 Destroyed' by Capt. Grover C. Hall, Jr. ;
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia /;
- MACR 5609 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database;
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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Personal research & 'The Debden Warbirds' by Frank E. Speer.

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Personal research & 'The Debden Warbirds' by Frank E. Speer.

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