Edwin Douglas Fields

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-40047.png UPL 40047 Edwin D Fields

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Object Number - UPL 40047

Transferred 10 Aug 44, to 44th BG, 68th BS

Transferred from 492 BG 8/13/44.

Killed in Action (KIA) 12/28/44 (Kaiserslauten). Pilot: Konstand.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

44th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.

492nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group line up for takeoff at Shipdham in 1943. The 'Flying Eight-Ball' emblem of the 68th Bomb Squadron is visible on the nose of the leading aircraft. Image stamped with field press censor, 1943. Press Agency photograph- original printed caption has been removed.

68th Bomb Squadron

  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

44-10582

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Richmond, Virginia, USA 18 October 1922

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 28 December 1944

Revisions

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Ancestry.com Birth Certificate

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Ancestry.com

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- Roster supplied by Dave Arnett ;
- Webb Todd;
- MACR 11373

Additional details from :
http://www.8thairforce.com/44thbg/lundyroh.pdf;
http://www.492ndbombgroup.com

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MACR 11373 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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