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FREDERICK, Albert Charles "Snookie" - Date of
birth
15 February 1925 -
Age
20 - Place of
birth
Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas -
Hometown
Pulaski County, Arkansas
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
T-134196 -
Rank
Flight Officer -
Function
unknown -
Unit
495th Bombardment Squadron,
344th Bombardment Group, Medium
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Awards
Air Medal
Death
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Status
Died non-Battle - Date of
death
10 September 1945 - Place of
death
Near Trauchgau, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| D | 19 | 19 |
Immediate family
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Members
Lawrence J. Frederick (father)
Josephine C. (Platkiewicz) Frederick (mother)
Lawrence A. Frederick (brother)
Lucille P. Frederick (sister)
Edward D. Frederick (brother)
Raymond A. Frederick (brother)
More information
In mid-afternoon on 10th September 1945, Capt Gerald Davies took off from Florennes, Belgium to fly to R-75 to take charge of the 496th.BS detachment there. En route the weather in the Munich area deteriorated, became heavily overcast and fog was encountered. At this time the B-26 was flying sixty miles south of its proposed track. While flying in fog the airplane crashed into a mountainside at Trauchgau, Germany, all on board being killed instantly on impact.F/O Albert C. Frederick is remembered at the Calvary Cemetery in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com - Whitney McLaughlin, http://www.b26.com/guestbook/2002.htm - Jerry R. Choate, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Massery Family Tree
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Whitney McLaughlin