Fields Hathorn
Military
Navigator - Crew #593
Charles M. Jones Crew
Hathorn and the Jones Crew arrived in time at Attlebridge to fly 7 combat missions before hostilities ended.
466th BG Historian
Object Number - UPL 17644 - 2LT Fields Hathorn Navigator - Crew #593 Charles M. Jones Crew Hathorn and the Jones Crew arrived in time at Attlebridge to fly 7 combat...
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2066543
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Polaris II
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 785th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Ravia, OK, USA | 8 July 1925 | |
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Other 466th BG Combat Tour |
Attlebridge, Norwich, Norfolk NR9, UK | 14 April 1945 - 25 April 1945 | Completed 7 combat missions before hostilities ended. |
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Died |
Allen, TX, USA | 29 August 2015 | Fields Hathorn died peacefully in Allen, TX on August 29, 2015 in at the age of 90. Fields was born on July 8th, 1925 in Ravia, OK to Don Kindred Hathorn and Lena Fields Hathorn. He was a second lieutenant in the Army Air corps. as a navigator on a bomber during WWII. He graduated from Oklahoma A & M in 1950 with a B.S. in Music Education. He graduated with a M.A. in Music and EDS degrees from Peabody College in 1960 in Nashville, TN. He married Joan Ingerham that he met during the summer getting graduate hours at Oklahoma A & M in 1955. They had one daughter Mary Beth Hathorn Costello. He taught vocal music in Sentinel, OK, Hooker, OK, Hominy, OK and Alamogordo, NM. He served as music minister at churches across Oklahoma, Nashville, TN, and Alamogordo, NM. He opened Hathorn Cabinet Shop in Alamogordo, NM in 1968 and is still operated today by his nephew Alan Torrey. He is especially proud of the numerous students who pursued music as a career or hobby later in life. Fields was an accomplished entertainer. He sang, played the harmonicas, and did expressive readings. During his college days, he was active with the student entertainers and performed extensively throughout Oklahoma. After college, he continued to perform throughout his life. He helped lead and organize four chapters of the “Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America (S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A)”. He was active in the Kiwanis Club and served as district Lieutenant Governor of the Southwestern United States. He was active in Little Theater in Alamogordo, NM. He was an active and dedicated member of the Friendship Baptist Church in Fairview, TX. and had helped build both of their current building during his retirement. He served as deacon at Calvary Baptist Church, Alamogordo, NM, First Baptist Church, Alamogordo, NM, and Friendship Baptist Church in Fairview, TX. He also served as state vice president of the Baptist Student Union for the State of Oklahoma while he was in college. |
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Buried |
Ravia, OK, USA | 2 September 2015 | Ravia Cemetery Ravia Johnston County Oklahoma, USA |
| Tishomingo, OK 73460, USA |
Revisions
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Sources
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http://www.wattsfuneralhome.com/memsol.cgi?user_id=1649509
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Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom & Brassfield, page 346
