James E Fields

Military

Pilot P-47. 23 combat missions, 75 combat hours. Shot down by flak on 27 Mar 1944.

On 3 Feb 1944 on return from support mission to Wilhelmshaven, P-47D 42-7938 crashed near Bulcamp, Suffolk due to low fuel. RTD.

Prisoner of War (POW). Liberated 13 May 1945. Assisted by French underground until captured. A/C destroyed (from WD AGO Form 66). 6 FW-190s, 1 ME-109, and 2 FW-190s damaged.



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Units served with

Aircraft

42-75213

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron
Staff Sergeant Jack Hollznan talks to Lieutenant Colonel David C. Schilling of the 62nd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group in the cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt (LM-S, serial number 42-7938). Handwritten caption on reverse: '42-7938, LM-S.' Printed caption on reverse: 'A-80541 A.C. - Lt. Colonel David C. Schilling, squadron leader of the 56th Fighter Group at Norfolk, England, has a last word with his crew chief, S/Sgt. Jack Hollznan of Houston, Texas, before taking off on an escort mission over enemy

42-7938

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Hewlett-Woodmere, Long Island
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Princeton, Indiana 10 July 1922

Other

Evaded

France 27 March 1944

Died

2 November 1985

Buried

Hot Springs Village, Alaska

Revisions

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Sources

Merged with duplicate entries to include details from:
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list;
- 8th AF Losses;
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1542 / MACR 3441 / NPRC files, relative/ MACR 3441 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database