Clifford Fesler
Military
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UPL 44984
Clifford Fesler
Assigned to 337BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. B-17 42-97524 returned from a mission to Berlin after the top turret caught fire and four crewman baled out on 9-Mar-44. Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH, POW, EAME (2BS), WWII Victory.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron 413th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32430242
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer & Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13131697
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39192109
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36170538
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20707682 at enlistment, then O-799791
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 9C
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | 25 June 1915 | BornOklahoma City, Oklahoma |
Prisoner of war Prisoner of War (POW) |
Stalag IXc, Thuringia, Germany | 9 March 1944 - 1 May 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW)Stalag IXc, Thuringia, Germany |
Died |
Covina, California | 30 May 1982 | DiedCovina, California |
Buried |
Forest Lawn Memorial Park Covina, California | 30 May 1982 | InterredForest Lawn Memorial ParkCovina, California |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3864 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces; Snetterton Falcons pg 76