Glenn L Fielding
Military
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UPL 18217
Lt. Glenn L. Fielding, 374th Fighter Squadron, sitting in his P-47 Thunderbolt. April 1944, Bottisham, Cambridgeshire.
Museum object reference no. BAM_0286 Bottisham Airfield Museum
Museum object reference no. BAM_0286 Bottisham Airfield Museum
Bottisham Airfield Museum
Missions flown-81; Operational hours 298:45. Once came back to base with a foot long solid chunk of cast iron weighing 12 pounds( from a German freight car) embedded in the right wing of his P-51.
ETO w/ 3 stars/ AM/ DFC w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Ferocious Frankie
- Unit: 361st Fighter Group 374th Fighter Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Piper City, Illinois | 1 August 1920 | |
Died |
10 February 1988 | ||
Buried |
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Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
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Other Promoted |
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Other Transferred |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / documents