Rank and Name, First Lieutenant Frederick Edward Almquist.
Unit/Placed in, Headquarters, 363rd Fighter Group, United States Army Air Force.
The Airport in question was the Le Mans Airfield (near Paris), it was used by Jagdgeschwader53 (flew Messerschmidt BF-109).
The Airfield was taken by allied Ground Troops with support from the 313th Fighter Group,
In the Dogfights with the German’s he got killed.
Frederick is born on 1917 in Connecticut.
Parents and Siblings, no record available.
Frederick enlisted the service in Connecticut with service number # O-1549204.
Frederick was KIA in the Dogfights in concurring the airport from the Germans on Aug. 11, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Frederick is buried/mentioned at Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France.
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