George F Freschi Jr
MilitaryAssigned 773BS, 463BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Missing in Action Blechhammer 10-Dec-44 Hit by flak crashed in Adriatic Sea Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 10689
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 773rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-722469
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 773rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16122720 / O-2058452
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 773rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12089530 /O-822448
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 773rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36481828
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 773rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Foggia Satellite #1, San Nicola-d'Arpi
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
New York City, NY | 7 November 1942 | |
Died |
Adriatic Sea | 10 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Missing in Action Blechhammer 10-Dec-44 Hit by flak Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 10689 |
Born |
Corona, Long Island, NY | Son of George F and Juliet Freschi. | |
Based |
Celone | 10 December 1944 | Assigned 773BS, 463BG, 15AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial |