Clyde W Field

Military

Shot down 8 May 1944 in B-24 #4295051. Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-95051

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Unnamed
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag Luft III

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Stalag XIII-D

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 13D, Oflag 73

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Hamilton, Missouri, USA 13 November 1921

Enlisted

Chicago, Illinois 1 September 1942 Enlisted into the Army Air Corps Reserves after completing 1 year of college

Died

Orange City, Florida 24 December 2007 Died age 86

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 8 May 1944 Held at Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria and later moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser

Buried

Florida National Cemetary

Revisions

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linked places added per information from: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=466&mtch=1&cat=all&tf…

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Prisoner of War medal added with information from: https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/360548
Serial numbers added with information from: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=466&mtch=1&cat=all&tf… and https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=929&mtch=1&cat=WR26&t…
Enlistment added with information from: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=929&mtch=1&cat=WR26&t…
Death and burial added with information from: https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/news-journalonline/obituary.aspx?n=cl…
Birth edited with information from: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49985465/clyde-wayne-field and https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/news-journalonline/obituary.aspx?n=cl…
Prisoner of War edited with information from: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=466&mtch=1&cat=all&tf…

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4784 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database