Robert Edward Flaiz
Military
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Sergeant Robert Flaiz, a radio mechanic with the 55th Fighter Group, in the cockpit of a P-38H Lightning at Nuthampstead air base. Passed for publication 12 November 1943. Printed caption attached to print: 'Sgt. Robert Flaiz, of Quincy, Ill., a radio mechanic in the cockpit of a Lightning P-38 test the microphone before setting out on an operational flight.'
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Assigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: GC, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Quincey, Illinois | 8 May 1919 | Son of Theodore E and Emma Fredricka Flaiz. |
Enlisted |
Scott Field, IL | 27 March 1942 | Scott Field, Illinois |
Died |
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Based |
Nuthampstead | Assigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Buried |
Calvary Cemetery Quincy, Adams County, IL | Calvary Cemetery Quincy, Adams County, Illinois |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / King's Cliffe Memorial Edition