Nathan Striesfeld
Military
Identifications in the photo applied by Robert DeMille. Photo courtesy of Bruce DeMille
https://photos.384thbombgroup.com/picture.php?/108135/category/Morrison…
Object Number - UPL 65710 - Morrison Crew, circa December 1943, 544th BS, 384th BG. The crew in this photo did not fly any missions together. Back row: Robert DeMille (CP),...
Rescued after ditching in B-17 42-5051 on 26 November 1943 (MACR 1579). Three men Missing in Action. Completed tour of duty. Honorably discharged 4 March 1945.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Platoon
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Air base
- 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: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13067778
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32373835
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36255285
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 812th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14006633 at enlistment, then O-406671
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot; Commanding Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37205337
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Barrel House Bessie
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron 303rd Bomb Group 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 26 November 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
New York, NY, USA | 22 March 1916 | |
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Enlisted |
Fort Jay, Brooklyn, NY 11231, USA | 8 August 1942 | Residence: Queens County, New York Private, Branch Immaterial |
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Other Assigned |
Grafton Underwood NN14, UK | 27 October 1943 | Assigned to the 384th BG 544th BS on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #129 dated 27 October 1943, enlisted crewmembers only. Seven Combat Missions. |
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Other Flak House |
3 December 1943 | Ordered to spend four days at the American Red Cross Club, Southport (a 'Flak House'), on SO 159 dated 3 December 1943. | |
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Other Reclassified |
Grafton Underwood NN14, UK | 27 July 1944 | Reclassified from MOS 757 to MOS 756 on AAF Station 106 Special Order #149 dated 27 July 1944. |
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Other Transferred |
30 January 1945 | Transferred from the 544th to the 2023rd Engineer Firefighting Platoon on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #24 dated 30 January 1945. In the next paragraph of Special Orders #24, he was transferred from the 2023rd to CE. | |
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Died |
3 July 2003 | ||
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Buried |
Nathan Striesfeld rests at the Calverton National Cemetery in Calverton, New York |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…
