Leon Fields

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Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane. Five men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front. Some of the men are wearing cold weather flying gear. UPL 66273 UPL 66273 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews /Emden/Aurich (Harbor).
Back L-R: 2nd Lt. Leon Fields (OBS/TG), 1st Lt. Horace Frink (P), Col. J.K. Lacey (AC), 1st Lt. Lester Hegstad (N), 1st Lt. Clyde Carlson (B)
Front L-R: SSgt. Clyde Savage (FG), SSgt. William Shelton (BT), TSgt. William Ralston (TT), SSgt. Julius McNutt (FG), TSgt. Roy Griffith (RO). Not Pictured: 2nd Lt. Raino Jylkka (N)

Photo courtesy of Lester Hegstad.  https://photos.384thbombgroup.com/picture.php?/35529/category/LeadCrews

547th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group VIII Bomber Command 104 42-5852 Grafton Underwood Leon Fields Horace Everett Frink Julius Kahn Lacey Lester Olaf Hegstad Clyde Pemberton Carlson Clyde Henry Savage William Abner Shelton William Clark Ralston Julius Frederick McNutt Roy Wesley Griffith Reino Oswald Jylkka On

Object Number - UPL 66273 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews /Emden/Aurich (Harbor). Back L-R: 2nd Lt. Leon Fields (OBS/TG), 1st Lt. Horace Frink (P), Col. J.K. Lacey (AC), 1st Lt....

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42-5838

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mad Money II
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a wall. Six men standing in rear and four men seated in front

42-5849

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hell's Belles II
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane. Six men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front. Some of the men are wearing flying gear. A man in uniform is seated on the wing of the plane

42-5852

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Natural
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

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