Frederick Funderburg Jr
Military
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UPL 24802
1LT Frederick Funderburg, Jr.
Fighter Pilot
332nd Fighter Group - 301st Fighter Squadron - 15th AF
MIA?KIA - 19 December 1944
Fighter Pilot
332nd Fighter Group - 301st Fighter Squadron - 15th AF
MIA?KIA - 19 December 1944
Scored the first victories for the 301st FS. Went missing 19 December 1944. He was declared dead 30 December 1945,
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
Tuskegee, AL, USA | 21 February 1943 | |
Other Combat Mission |
Adriatic Sea near Udine UD, Italy | 9 June 1944 | Shot down two Bf-109's |
Other MIA/KIA |
near Landshut, Germany | 19 December 1944 | Funderburg was last seen Dec. 19 during an escort mission to Landshut and Mahldorf, Germany, flying a P-51 Mustang nicknamed Stinky III."About five minutes from the target bubbles, blue flight was caught in the middle of a concentration of flak," 1st Lt. Stanley L. Harris wrote in a military report. "In the following evasive action, I became separated from 1st Lt. Frederick D. Funderburg Jr. and 2nd Lt. Andrew D. Marshall, who were the other two men in this flight with me. I joined up with the nearest group of planes and I did not see them again. I heard radio transmission from both of them later, however, and they were trying to join up with another squadron. They were not heard or seen after this." |
Born |
Georgia, USA | ||
Buried |
No Known Grave Tablets of The Missing Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial Nettuno Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale Lazio, Italy |
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