Albert Michael Freitas
Military
UPL 71810
UPL 71810
S/Sgt Albert M. Freitas
Albert Michael Freitas
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Assigned to 350BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 28-Apr-44 in B-17 42-107024. Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: AM, POW, PH, EAME, WWII Victory.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-746839
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
18 July 1921 | Oakland, California | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
28 April 1944 - 1 May 1945 | Stalag Luft III, Zagan, Poland | |
Died |
17 March 2022 | ||
Buried |
20 March 2022 | InterredVeterans Memorial Grove CemeteryYountville, California |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources
Added S/N and POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
100th Bomb Group Foundation Directory, 2000 - 2001; MACR 4234 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4234 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database