Clifford Fesler
Military
Object Number - UPL 44984 - Clifford Fesler
Assigned to 337BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. B-17 42-97524 returned from a mission to Berlin after the top turret caught fire and four crewman baled out on 9-Mar-44. Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH, POW, EAME (2BS), WWII Victory.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron 413th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32430242
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer & Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13131697
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39192109
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36170538
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20707682 at enlistment, then O-799791
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 9C
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | 25 June 1915 | BornOklahoma City, Oklahoma |
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Prisoner of war Prisoner of War (POW) |
Stalag IXc, Thuringia, Germany | 9 March 1944 - 1 May 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW)Stalag IXc, Thuringia, Germany |
|
Died |
Covina, California | 30 May 1982 | DiedCovina, California |
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Buried |
Forest Lawn Memorial Park Covina, California | 30 May 1982 | InterredForest Lawn Memorial ParkCovina, California |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3864 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces; Snetterton Falcons pg 76