World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Freda L. Goad
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Madison County, Illinois
Honored By
Larry E. Carpenter
Relationship
Aviation Historian
SHE WAS IN THE ARMY WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS (WACS) AND A PASSENGER IN A B-24 ‘LIBERATOR’ BOMBER, WHO WAS KILLED JANUARY 12, 1944 AT PETERSON ARMY AIR FIELD COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO. THE BOMBER WAS PARKED ON THE RAMP AND AFTER DEPLANING, SHE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND FATALLY INJURED.