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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Herbert F. Frels

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Cuero, Texas

Honored By

Mr. & Mrs. Herbert & Helen B. Frels

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

Served with the15th Air Force, 485th Bomb Group, 831st Squadron, as Pilot of a B-24 Bomber. He was shot down in a raid in Munich, Germany; wounded by enemy aircraft fire. He thought the crew was still on the plane, when the plane crashed on June 13, 1944, near Freising, Germany. He was in a hospital, then sent to a POW camp, Stalag Luft I at Barth, Germany.