Herbert K Field

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-22447.jpeg UPL 22447 Pilots of the 351FS, 353FG pose in front of a Republic P-47 at an airbase in England. Sept 44.

Standing L-R: Lt Strobell, Lt Biddy, Lt Hungate, Lt Tumlin, Lt Milligan, Lt Toppel, Lt Thistlethwaite, Lt Weaver, Lt Perpente, Capt Leatherman, Lt Hunter, Lt Stump, Lt Stanley, Lt Edwards, Lt King, Capt Lefebre.
Kneeling L-R: Lt Frank, Lt Trudeau, Lt Mincik, Lt Maguire, Lt Terzian, Major Christian, Capt Emory, Lt Field, Lt Ahles, Capt Byers.

Nara Ref 3A47475-3A47999.

Object Number - UPL 22447 - Pilots of the 351FS, 353FG pose in front of a Republic P-47 at an airbase in England. Sept 44. Standing L-R: Lt Strobell, Lt Biddy, Lt Hungate,...

Killed in Action (KIA) crashed into Channel in P-47 42-75570 hit by flak

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Devil's Thumb
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 359th Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron 368th Fighter Squadron 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron

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Killed in action

7 June 1944

Revisions

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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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Contributorjrely54
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Herbert's recently found Mission Journal. It documents names, times, locations and other stats from his 96 missions. I don't know how to enter everything.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5562

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