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2nd Lt Fred L. Myren graduated from Morgan Park High School in 1940.

He enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 17 September 1940.

Statement from 1st Lt. Robert J. Davis:
"The formation was attacked by FW 190s and ME 109s. On the first pass #3 engine on aircraft B-17 42-107089 was knocked out. A/C 089 maintained lead position in formation. Fighters made a second pass. Bullet proof glass in window of cockpit was shattered. Blue flame and green smoke came out of cockpit. Lt. Col. Tuttle, flying as co-pilot, throw his hands up to his face and then grabbed the wheel. He nosed the ship down out of formation and fell behind with the plane under control."

Statement from a crewmember:
"The only information I have on Lt. Myren is hearsay received at Stalag Luft 3 (Sagan), West Compound, from a crew shot down later. They heard from a crew who succeeded in getting back on May 12 that Myren bailed out and was killed in the propeller of a plane behind ours.
The Pilot of a ship directly behind in the formation is said to have seen him bail out and strike the nose of his ship. This would place the time of his jump at about 5 minutes before the rest of the crew. This checks with a statement by one of the Waist Gunners (Sgt. Roy) that Lt. Myren was the first to jump. At that time the ship had been only heavily damaged and was still in formation."