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305th Bomb Group, USAAF
13th Jun 1943 Attack Made
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T/Sgt. Joseph James Freeborn 422nd Bomb Squadron 305th Bomb Group   On Mission No. 61. Target, Saint-Nazaire Submarine Pen,
Aircraft B-17F-55-BO 42-29531 was flown by T/O Chelveston and was shot down by German fighters. The right engine caught fire and the crew bailed out. The aircraft broke in half and crashed at St. Bihy, 12 miles South West of St. Brieuc in France. One of the crew was killed, 6 were taken POW and 3 evaded capture. T/Sgt. Joseph J. Freeborn was the radio operator and the flight engineer was Sgt. Milasius.
These two men had parachuted out of the plane over France and after getting rid of his parachute and equipment, Sgt Milasius ran out of the village and found Sgt. Freeborn laying in a field. The radio operator landed so hard that he broke his leg along with sustaining multiple injuries including broken ribs and severe lacerations to the face.
A French policeman arrested Sgt. Freeborn as he was being carried to the hospital by civilians. Sgt. Freeborn's next two years would be spent at the infamous Stalag VII B Braunau Gneikendorf, Germany, near Krems, Austria.
Sgt. Freeborn would eventually be liberated and repatriated back to the United States. He was awarded the Purple Heart for injuries he received in combat.
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Henry A. Mitchell 364th Bomb Squadron 305th Bomb Group (d.17th May 1943) Henry A Mitchell Jr, original tail gunner of the Dry Martini and the Cocktail Kids. He died with a pickup crew over Brech France. May his soul be everlasting in Heaven.
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2nd/Lt. Manning Lee Lawrence AM, OLC, DFC & bar. 305th Bomb Group 365th Squadron 2nd Lietenant Manning Lee Lawrence, from Burbank California served with 365th Squadron, 305th Bomb Group. A B-17 Bombadier flying out of Chelveston airfield in England, he was shot down near Illesheim, Germany on 14th of October 1943 Black Thursday. He became a POW at Stalag Luft III until marched to Stalag VIIA. He survived the war and lived until 1964.
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Harold Jackson 365 Squadron 305th Bomb Group My dad, Harold Jackson, was with the 8th Air Force, 305th Bomb Group 365 Squadron. He was shot down on his second Schweinfurt Raid on 14th October 1943. He was injured when he bailed out and, after the treatment in hospital, was in Stalag 9c for a brief time. He then went to Stalag 17b until the march and literation. Does anyone remember him?
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