Robert Edward Flaiz

Military
Sergeant Robert Flaiz, a radio mechanic with the 55th Fighter Group, in the cockpit of a P-38H Lightning at Nuthampstead air base. Passed for publication 12 November 1943. Printed caption attached to print: 'Sgt. Robert Flaiz, of Quincy, Ill., a radio mechanic in the cockpit of a Lightning P-38 test the microphone before setting out on an operational flight.' media-377349.jpg FRE 110 Sergeant Robert Flaiz, a radio mechanic with the 55th Fighter Group, in the cockpit of a P-38H Lightning at Nuthampstead air base. Passed for publication 12 November 1943. Printed caption attached to print: 'Sgt. Robert Flaiz, of Quincy, Ill., a radio mechanic in the cockpit of a Lightning P-38 test the microphone before setting out on an operational flight.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 110 - Sergeant Robert Flaiz, a radio mechanic with the 55th Fighter Group, in the cockpit of a P-38H Lightning at Nuthampstead air base. Passed for...

Assigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF.





Awards: GC, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Quincey, Illinois 8 May 1919 Son of Theodore E and Emma Fredricka Flaiz.

Enlisted

Scott Field, IL 27 March 1942 Scott Field, Illinois

Died

Based

Nuthampstead Assigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Calvary Cemetery Quincy, Adams County, IL Calvary Cemetery Quincy, Adams County, Illinois

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / King's Cliffe Memorial Edition

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