Floyd Junior Fields
Military
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 57143 - 1st Lt Floyd Junior Fields, 306BG
Assigned to 368BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Wilhelmshafen in B-17 42-29806 21-May-43; A/C crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 16018
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18039729
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13011220
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13043877 / O-661687
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16045271
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
Aircraft
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Quenemo, KS | 13 May 1917 | Son of Floyd V. and Lonie May [Neill] Field. |
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Died |
North Sea | 21 May 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Wilhelmshafen in B-17 42-29806 21-May-43; A/C crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 16018 |
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Based |
Thurleigh | 21 May 1943 | Assigned to 368BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery | Tablets of the Missing Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 16018