J K Fields
MilitaryT/O Thurleigh in B-17G 43-37967 on 28 Sept 1944. Target Magdeburg. Lost #1 and # two engines on way to tgt, decided to head towards Brusseels. Lost #3 engine and at 1445hrs crew bailed out (except for pilots).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Donald Duck with bombs
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8thAF, vol.4