Name:
William Freidkas
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
32860380
Unit:
36th Bomber Squadron, 801st Bomb Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1944-07-05
State:
New York
Cemetery:
Wellwood Cemetery, East Farmingdale, New York
Plot:
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
SSgt William Freidkas, radio operator of the B-24 Liberator 42-72873 "S-Sugar", took off from Harrington, UK at 2313 on a resupply mission to the Trancrainville Resistance. Following a successful drop, the plane was shot down by a Me-110 at 0210 5km NW of Janville. All but one of the crew members died. The survivor, 2nd Lt Edward Tappan, escaped back to the UK. The dead airmen were initially buried in the Orléans-Les Aubrais cemetery by the French locals.