Charles G Freund

Military
media-6655.png UPL 6655 Technical Sergeant Charles G Freund of the 379th Bomb Group, 525th Bomb Squadron (H)

Image Courtesy of M William Hurlbutt

Object Number - UPL 6655 - Technical Sergeant Charles G Freund of the 379th Bomb Group, 525th Bomb Squadron (H)

Made 5 raids--hit 3 times. Forced landing on 2nd or 3rd (English Fighter Base). Shot down over Frankfort on 4 October 1943 in B-17 #4229713. Prisoner of War (POW).



AM/ PH/ POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-29713

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Bad Penny
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

France 4 October 1943

Revisions

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Sources

Kurt Freund (grandson) and Ann Freund (spouse)

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ContributorEmily
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William Hurlbutt, via American Air Museum Memory Book Correspondence.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 960 / MACR 960; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 274 and 281 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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