Merritt Frederick D.

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Frederick D. Merritt is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Anglo-American Memorial 1939-1945 (4th & 474th Fighter Groups)

Name:

Frederick D. Merritt

Rank:

First Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-885493

Unit:

335th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group

Date of Death:

1943-07-30

State:

Maine

Cemetery:

Cambridge American Cemetery, United Kingdom

Plot:

Tablets of the Missing

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Comments:

Frederick D. Merritt was born on November 28, 1914, in Rockland, Maine. He served in the 335th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group, as a First Lieutenant during World War II.

Piloting the P-47C #41-6248, 1Lt Merritt was shot down by enemy fighters on July 30, 1943. He was last seen as his group was beginning an attack on a large formation of German fighters over Holland.

1Lt Merritt was declared Missing in Action. His name is memorialized at the Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, www.abmc.gov, 4thfightergroupassociation.org
Source of information: 4thfightergroupassociation.org