Norman Francis DeFrees
MilitaryB-17G #42-37924 crashed upon landing at Little Staughton on return from training mission on 9 Jan 1944. Right landing gear failed to lower. RTD.
Crash landed at Brighton, Sussex in B-17G #42-37793 'Winsome Winn II' on return from operations. RTD.
Shot down by fighters and crashed near Wesel, GR on a mission to Oschersleben, GR on 22 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-97488. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Spirit Of Winsome Winn II
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 547th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Bucket of Bolts : Hangar Queen
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Revisions
AAIR 43-11-30-519 / MACR 2465 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2465, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…