Roy Talbott Fling
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 48316 - Capt Roy Talbott Fling
Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. On a mission on 9th September 1944, they spotted an enemy convoy west of Hulst. According to the MACR, Capt Fling's plane was last seen in the vicinity of the position of the target. The report also holds a document of the German authorities who found the crashed plane (P-47 'Pat' 42-28543) in Etten-Leur, without the pilot on board. It is almost certain that Capt Fling bailed out, but where he bailed out (above land or water) is not known and he remains missing in action. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8688
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), PH.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Pat
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Dallas, TX | 27 September 1941 | Dallas, Texas |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Etten-Leur, Belgium | 9 September 1944 | Baled out of P-47 'Pat' 42-28543. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8688 |
|
Born |
Commerce, TX | Son of Henry H.J. and Tommie Melvina [Cobb] Fling. | |
|
Based |
Boxted | 9 September 1944 | Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery | Tablets of the Missing Netherlands American Cemetery |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/28694868
https://www.fold3.com/image/310952982
https://www.fold3.com/record/84781607/roy-t-fling-wwii-army-enlistment-…
https://www.fold3.com/record/529872947/roy-t-fling-american-battle-monu…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56298752/roy-talbott-fling
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25253192/roy-talbott-fling
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8688 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
