Carl Troy Fields
Military
Rear L-R: Carl T Fields (TT), ? (G), Carroll Belisle (RO), Walter Allen (G), Charles A Robertson (G), Wallace E Sharpless (G).
Front L-R: Bernardo J Procopio (P), Eric G Millington (CP), Walter J Coburn (N), Anthony J Sansone (B).
From Grandson Alex Churchill
Updating crew names.
Object Number - UPL 60462 - Carl T fields with crew. Carl is Back Row, Left Rear L-R: Carl T Fields (TT), ? (G), Carroll Belisle (RO), Walter Allen (G), Charles A Robertson...
Shot down 8 May 1944 in B-17 #42-31913 'Shy Ann', Prisoner of War (POW). Killed in a military plane crash in Washington in April 1948
Connections
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Shy Ann
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
Places
![A bomber crew of the 390th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-31027) nicknamed "Honey Chile" and their dog and monkey mascots "Scrappy" and "Joe". Image stamped on reverse: ‘Fox.’ [stamp], ‘passed for publication 25 Oct 1943.’ [stamp] and ‘289774.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: ‘AERIAL MASCOTS OF FORTRESS CREWS. PH/MoN. As frisky and friendly a pair of aerial mascots as you'll find in Britain are "Scrappy" and "Joe", pup and monkey team belonging to the](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380433.jpg.webp?itok=L7HbOA_i)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
New York, NY, USA | 8 September 1922 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 8 May 1944 | |
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Enlisted |
Boeing Field (BFI), 7277 Perimeter Rd S, Seattle, WA 98108, USA | 16 November 1945 | Re-enlisted |
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Died |
2 April 1948 | Killed in a military plane crash in Washington. | |
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Born |
Port Townsend, Washington, USA | ||
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Buried |
Spruce St, Port Townsend, WA 98368, USA | At Fort Worden Military Cemetery |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
William Wade Hately, son of William Franklin Hately, Co-Pilot of Shy-Ann on May 8, 1944.
Correspondence with Carl T Fields' son, Bram.
See also:
http://www.ww2pow.info/index.php?page=directory&rec=64207
Re-enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21824798/carl-troy-fields
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4584 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
