416th Bombardment Group (L) S/Sgt. William Edward ("Bill") Fields Airplane Mechanic - Gunner,  35339996 Prisoner Of War 669th Bombardment Squadron (L)

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Born: 27-Feb-1921, Peru, Miami County, Indiana Entered Military Service: Date: 12-Sep-1942 At: Toledo, OH NARA Enlistment Record: Enlisted Serial # 35339996 POW summary: Fail to Return Date: 8-Aug-1944 Captured: 8-Aug-1944, Near Place of crash (Near Le Pomchel, 6 km NW of Auxi Le Chateau), By: Flak Unit Hospital: Reserve Station Hospital Calmette, Lille POW Camp: Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16 Return Date: 23-May-1945 NARA WW II POW Data File Latest Report Date: 23-May-1945 NARA WW II POW Data File ID: 25605 / (PDF) Died: 6-Feb-2001, Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana On-line Memorials: National World War II Registry Find-A-Grave

Obituary

Photos and Documents

Birth Certificate	1930 US Census	1940 US Census	WW II Draft Registration 16-Feb-1942
WW II Draft Registration 16-Feb-1942	Apr 28, 1944 A-20J "Combat Crew". Far right - SSgt William Fields. A/C is "Holey Joe"	SSgt William Fields	SSgt William Fields
MACR Capture document	MACR Capture document	MACR Capture document	MACR Capture document
Registration of Foreigners and German Persecutees	16-Jun-1984 Letter To Meredith Huff	16-Jun-1984 Letter To Meredith Huff	16-Jun-1984 Letter To Meredith Huff
16-Jun-1984 Letter To Meredith Huff	L-R: 669th BS Pilots Lts William F. Tripp, Jr., Hiram B. Clark, Jack F. Smith, Jr., Leo E. Poundstone, Earl L. Hayter, 1944. "Mission Maid", A-20G-30-DO S/N 43-9673, Fuselage Code 2A-I	669th BS Gunners, Facing Camera: S/Sgt Gerald L. Coffey; Backs to camera L-R: S/Sgt Grady F. Cope, T/Sgt Jeong S. Wing, S/Sgt Harold F. Hatch, 1944	Back/Standing L-R: Unknown, S/Sgt William E. Fields, S/Sgt Charles L. Webb, S/Sgt Herman O. Carney, T/Sgt Jeong S. Wing. Middle row: Unknown, S/Sgt Russell J. Colosimo (one hand on chin), S/Sgt Morton Rosenstein. Front: All Unknown. 1944
Air Medal Awards - 669th BS Gunners L-R: S/Sgt Arthur L. Nielsen, S/Sgt William E. Fields, S/Sgt Morton Rosenstein, S/Sgt Evert T. Epps, S/Sgt Charles A. Prindle, S/Sgt Roger W. Nicks, T/Sgt William J. Kelly, S/Sgt Foster M. Citty, S/Sgt Charles L. Webb, S/Sgt Alexander J. Huber, Jul 11, 1944	Staff Sergeants A. Nielsen, Fields, Rosenstein, Epps, Prindle, Nicks, Kelly, Citty, Webb, and Huber just after having received the Air Medal from Col. Mace on 11 July 1944. (669th Bomb Sq. Exhibit # 41)	Air Medal Awards - Far right: Pete (Dontas?), S/Sgt William E. Fields back row, over his right shoulder, 1944	Air Medal Awards - 669th BS Gunners L-R: S/Sgt Foster M. Citty, S/Sgt Charles L. Webb, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, S/Sgt Roger W. Nicks, S/Sgt Charles A. Prindle, T/Sgt William J. Kelly, S/Sgt Evert T. Epps, S/Sgt William E. Fields, 1944
L-R: S/Sgt William E. Fields, S/Sgt Harold F. Hatch, T/Sgt Jeong S. Wing, S/Sgt Herman O. Carney, S/Sgt James B. Thompson, S/Sgt Russell J. Colosimo, S/Sgt Sterling F. Alden	L-R: Unknown, S/Sgt Alexander J. Huber, S/Sgt Herman O. Carney, S/Sgt William E. Fields, S/Sgt William Grant Ferguson, S/Sgt Foster M. Citty. Possibly at New York City night club "Village Barn"	L-R: S/Sgt Arthur L. Nielsen, Lt Peter Dontas, S/Sgt William E. Fields	16-Jul-1984 Letter To Meredith Huff
16-Jul-1984 Letter To Meredith Huff	13-Sep-1984 Letter To Meredith Huff	13-Sep-1984 Letter To Meredith Huff	L-R: 669th BS Pilots Lt. Norman V. Shainberg, Lt. Tonnis Boukamp, Cpt. William A. Peck, 1944
10-Dec-1984 Letter To Meredith Huff POW Memories	10-Dec-1984 Letter To Meredith Huff POW Memories	10-Dec-1984 Letter To Meredith Huff POW Memories	Letter To Homer Hudson, likely 1984 to 1986, p 01
Letter To Homer Hudson, likely 1984 to 1986, p 02	Letter To Homer Hudson, likely 1984 to 1986, p 03	Letter To Homer Hudson, likely 1984 to 1986, p 04	Letter To Homer Hudson, likely 1984 to 1986, p 05
Letter To Homer Hudson, likely 1984 to 1986, p 06	Letter To Homer Hudson, likely 1984 to 1986, p 07	Letter To Homer Hudson, likely 1984 to 1986, p 08	Letter To Homer Hudson, likely 1984 to 1986, p 09
Letter To Homer Hudson, likely 1984 to 1986, p 10	Letter To Homer Hudson, likely 1984 to 1986, p 11	Letter To Homer Hudson, likely 1984 to 1986, p 12	Letter To Homer Hudson, likely 1984 to 1986, p 13
Letter To Homer Hudson, likely 1984 to 1986, p 14	Letter To Homer Hudson, likely 1984 to 1986, p 15	Letter To Homer Hudson, likely 1984 to 1986, p 16	Letter To Homer Hudson, likely 1984 to 1986, p 17
Letter To Homer Hudson, likely 1984 to 1986, p 18	Letter To Homer Hudson, likely 1984 to 1986, p 19	Letter To Homer Hudson, likely 1984 to 1986, p 20	Death Certificate
Headstone	WW II Honoree

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