Name | Fryden, Marvin (NMI) ‡ |
Rank | First Lieutenant |
Serial Number | O-731492 ‡ |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #144 dated 22 July 1944, effective 22 July 1944. |
Duty | Bombardier |
MOS | 1035 - Bombardier |
Last Duty Date | 5 August 1944 |
Results |
Killed In Action Final Resting Place or Memorial: Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England: Plot E Row 2 Grave 4 |
Additional Information |
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Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
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2nd Lt. Buslee, John Oliver⇗ | Pilot | KIA |
2nd Lt. Albrecht, David Franklin⇗ | Co-pilot | KIA |
2nd Lt. Rybarczyk, Chester Anthony⇗ | Navigator | CT |
1st Lt. Fryden, Marvin (NMI) | Bombardier | KIA |
SGT. Peluso, Sebastiano Joseph⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | KIA |
SGT. Seeley, Clarence Burdell⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | CT |
CPL. Foster, Erwin Vernon⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | CT |
S/SGT. Lucynski, Eugene Daniel⇗ | Tail Gunner | WIA |
CPL. Bryant, Lenard Leroy⇗ | Flexible Gunner | KIA |
SGT. Farrar, George Edwin⇗ | Flexible Gunner | POW |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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171⇗ | 4 August 1944 |
Target: Rocket Research & Development Complex Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Peenemünde, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑102620⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
173⇗ | 5 August 1944 |
Target: Luftwaffe Controlling Station Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Langenhagen, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑37982⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit A flak shell exploded beside the nose of "Tremblin Gremlin" on the bomb run. "I'm hit" said the bombardier, 1st Lt. Marvin Fryden, but he remained at his bombsight until bombs-away, then collapsed. He had been hit in the chest, and subsequently died of his wounds. Schwery (pilot) and Seeley (TT) were also wounded, and the plane was severely damaged, barely making it back to England to land at Halesworth, AAF Station 365, on two engines, with no brakes, and many flak holes. Sortie Report⇗ |