Name:
George H. Friend
Rank:
Technical Sergeant
Serial Number:
36199006
Unit:
422nd Bomber Squadron, 305th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
0000-00-00
State:
Michigan
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TSgt George H. Friend, photographer on the B-17 42-3049 “Windy City Challenger”, took off from station 105 in Chelveston, Northamptonshire, UK on a bombing mission over Villacoublay. Two German FW-190 fighters came at the plane around 10000 feet at 0820. Their fire killed seven of the eleven crew members, their bodies trapped in the wreckage of the exploded plane. The other four managed to bail out and opened their parachutes at 1000 feet. Friend survived but was later taken prisoner and sent to Stalag 17B in Braunau, Gneikendorf.