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Personal info

Full name
HUMPHREYS, Fred Calvin
Date of birth
25 December 1915
Age
28
Place of birth
Parish, Henry County, Tennessee
Hometown
Shelby County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
O-797129
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
427th Bombardment Squadron,
303rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
4 January 1944
Place of death
Nort Sea, west of Heligoland, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Luther C. Humphreys (father)
Ada B. (Owings) Humphreys (mother)
Ruby M. Humphreys (sister)
Daniel O. Humphreys (brother)
Luther C. Humphreys (brother)
Edward B. Humphreys (brother)
Florence Humphreys (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-31526
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Sweet Anna
Destination: Kiel, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the port
MACR: 1682

More information

Fred C. Humphreys was a retail manager.

He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in Memphis, Tennessee at 28 March 1942.

The airplane was heard giving a distress signal after it was hit by enemy fighters and left the formation. The aircraft ditched in the North Sea with the loss of all 10 crew members.

Only the remains of S/Sgt Madak were recovered on Ameland Island, The Netherlands on 4 October 1944.

It was the plane's first combat mission.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.303rdbg.com, www.archives.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com Family Tree

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.303rdbg.com, www.fold3.com