Lester Fifield Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 526BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Pas de Calais in B-17 42-97485 26-Mar-44; Hit by flak, crashed St-Marie-Cappel, Nth of Hazebrouck, 7 miles NE of St Omer, France; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 3592
"Tail-Gunner on the 'Taletha Ann', B-17 Flying Fortress, flying out of Kimbolton, England during WWII. The Taletha Ann went down on her last mission in 1944, Lester 'Pesty' Fifield was a POW in Stalag XVII-B for the remainder of the war. - J Fifield"
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16029354 / O-735027
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Taletha Ann
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 26 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Plattsburgh, NY, USA | 6 August 1922 | Son of Lester H Snr and Grace Irene [Senecal] Fifield. |
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Enlisted |
Albany, NY | 2 October 1942 | Albany, New York |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Krems an der Donau, Austria | 26 March 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag XVIIb. |
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Other Baled out POW |
St-Marie-Cappel, France | 26 March 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Pas de Calais in B-17 42-97485 26-Mar-44; Hit by flak, crashed St-Marie-Cappel, France; POW MACR 3592 |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
6 November 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Enlisted |
3 January 1952 | ||
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Other Discharged USAF |
31 July 1972 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Tucson, AZ | 8 April 1998 | |
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Buried |
East Lawn Palms Cemetery and Mortuary, Tucson, AZ | 12 April 1998 | East Lawn Palms Cemetery and Mortuary Tucson, Pima County, AZ Block 29 |
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Based |
Kimbolton | 26 March 1944 | Assigned to 526BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |