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OLDFIELD, Billie Dean - Date of
birth
30 April 1921 -
Age
22 -
Place of birth
Nettleton, Caldwell County, Missouri -
Hometown
Nettleton, Caldwell County, Missouri
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
37211048 -
Rank
Technical Sergeant -
Function
Engineer/Top Turret Gunner -
Unit
369th Bombardment Squadron,
306th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Distinguished Flying Cross,
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
-
Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
29 March 1944 - Place of
death
Ahnebeck, near Parsau, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| C | 5 | 25 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Pearl Allen Oldfield (father)
Ama Burr (Craig) Oldfield (mother)
Marvin Craig Oldfield (brother)
Dale A. Oldfield (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-39965 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Brunswick, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the industrial area
MACR: 3459
More information
T/Sgt Billie D. Oldfield was employed as a farm laborer.The aircraft was shot down by a fighter and crashed at 1400 hours.
Four crew members survived and were taken prisoner, six men were killed. they were intially buried at the cemetery of Parsau, Germany.
T/Sgt Oldfield is remembered at Highland Cemetery in Hamilton, Caldwell County, Missouri with a memorial marker.
His brother, T/5 Marvin C. Oldfield, was killed by an accidental bomb explosion in Carthage, Tunisia in 1943. He is buried at the North Africa American Cemetery in Tunisia, North Africa.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - National Archives, www.findagrave.com - CWGC/ABMC, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census US / Family Trees, www.306bg.org
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com