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Assigned to the 553BS, 386BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to bomb a bridge near Ecouché 28-Jul-44. Collided with Fw190 fighter. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 7016.
Awards: AM (4OLC), PH.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail gunner | 386th Bomb Group
Assigned to the 553BS, 386tBG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to bomb a bridge near Ecouché 28-Jul-44. Collided with Fw190 fighter. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 7016.
Awards: AM, PH.
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 386th Bomb Group
Assigned to the 553BS, 386BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to bomb a bridge near Ecouché 28-Jul-44. Collided with Fw190 fighter. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 7016.
Awards: PH.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio operator | 386th Bomb Group
Assigned to the 553BS, 386BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to bomb a bridge near Ecouché 28-Jul-44. Collided with Fw190 fighter. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 7016.
Awards: PH.
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-pilot | 386th Bomb Group
Assigned to the 553BS, 386BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to bomb a bridge near Ecouché 28-Jul-44. Collided with Fw190 fighter. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 7016.
Awards: PH.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Engineer | 386th Bomb Group
Assigned to the 553BS, 386BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to bomb a bridge near Ecouché 28-Jul-44. Collided with Fw190 fighter. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 7016.
Awards: AM, PH.
Group
The 386th Bomb Group flew B-26 Marauders for the Eighth and Ninth Air Forces. Whilst with the Eighth, the Group developed the formation release procedure for the B-26 on missions that targeted aerodromes, marshalling yards and V-weapon sites along the...
Squadron
B-26 Marauder
Assigned to the 553rd Bombardment Squadron of the 386th Bomb Group, 9th AF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to bomb a bridge near Ecouché 28-Jul-44. Collided with Fw190 fighter. 6 x KIA. MACR 7016.
Military site : airfield
The airfield, two miles north-west of Great Dunmow, was built in 1942-1943 by the US Army's 818th Engineer Battalion (Aviation), alongside British contractors. B-26 Marauders of the 386th Bomb Group moved in in September 1943, and in October the Group...
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| Born | Maine, USA | 16 February 1918 |
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Son of Murry S and Velva O Briggs. |
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| Enlisted | Boston, MA, USA | 28 October 1942 |
| Based | Great Dunmow | 1944 – 28 July 1944 |
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Assigned to the 553BS, 386BG, 9AF USAAF. |
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| Died | 14140 Lessard-et-le-Chêne, France | 28 July 1944 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) mission to bomb a bridge near Ecouché 28-Jul-44. Collided with Fw190 fighter. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 7016. |
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| Buried | 1946 | |
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Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 16 June 2018 16:29:35 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, service number, highest rank, role, biography, awards, events, unit associations and place associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/record/529908418-frederick-o-briggs |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:10:28 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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9th Air Force Roll of Honor (IWM in liaison with Ninth Air Force veterans and group associations, American Battle Monuments Commission, and Buddies of the Ninth Association) / B-26 memorials guide |
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