Fairce served as a Staff Sergeant & Ball Turret Gunner on B-24J "Bottle Baby" #44-40169, 856th Bomber Squadron, 492nd Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
He resided in Estill County, Kentucky prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on August 6, 1941, prior to the war, at Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Farm Hand and also as Single, without dependents.
Fairce was declared "Missing In Action" when his B-24 was attacked by German Aircraft and was shot down and crashed into the Baltic Sea during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart with one Oak Leaf Cluster.
Service # 35128260
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Airmen who perished on B-24J #44-40169:
Bolte, Evert C ~ S/Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, Kansas
Conner, Fairce ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, Kentucky
Davis, Earl A ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Utah
Eatherton, George L, Jr ~ S/Sgt, Left Waist Gunner, Missouri
Ippolito, Charles J ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, New York
Kossey, Theodore G ~ T/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, New York
Schonfeld, Abraham ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, New York
Stuckey, James W ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, New York
Airmen who became POW's from B-24J #44-40169:
Goodridge, Milton K ~ 1st Lt, Pilot
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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He resided in Estill County, Kentucky prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on August 6, 1941, prior to the war, at Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Farm Hand and also as Single, without dependents.
Fairce was declared "Missing In Action" when his B-24 was attacked by German Aircraft and was shot down and crashed into the Baltic Sea during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart with one Oak Leaf Cluster.
Service # 35128260
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Airmen who perished on B-24J #44-40169:
Bolte, Evert C ~ S/Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, Kansas
Conner, Fairce ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, Kentucky
Davis, Earl A ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Utah
Eatherton, George L, Jr ~ S/Sgt, Left Waist Gunner, Missouri
Ippolito, Charles J ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, New York
Kossey, Theodore G ~ T/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, New York
Schonfeld, Abraham ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, New York
Stuckey, James W ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, New York
Airmen who became POW's from B-24J #44-40169:
Goodridge, Milton K ~ 1st Lt, Pilot
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Fairce served as a Staff Sergeant & Ball Turret Gunner on B-24J "Bottle Baby" #44-40169, 856th Bomber Squadron, 492nd Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
He resided in Estill County, Kentucky prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on August 6, 1941, prior to the war, at Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Farm Hand and also as Single, without dependents.
Fairce was declared "Missing In Action" when his B-24 was attacked by German Aircraft and was shot down and crashed into the Baltic Sea during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart with one Oak Leaf Cluster.
Service # 35128260
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Airmen who perished on B-24J #44-40169:
Bolte, Evert C ~ S/Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, Kansas
Conner, Fairce ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, Kentucky
Davis, Earl A ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Utah
Eatherton, George L, Jr ~ S/Sgt, Left Waist Gunner, Missouri
Ippolito, Charles J ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, New York
Kossey, Theodore G ~ T/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, New York
Schonfeld, Abraham ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, New York
Stuckey, James W ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, New York
Airmen who became POW's from B-24J #44-40169:
Goodridge, Milton K ~ 1st Lt, Pilot
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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He resided in Estill County, Kentucky prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on August 6, 1941, prior to the war, at Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Farm Hand and also as Single, without dependents.
Fairce was declared "Missing In Action" when his B-24 was attacked by German Aircraft and was shot down and crashed into the Baltic Sea during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart with one Oak Leaf Cluster.
Service # 35128260
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Airmen who perished on B-24J #44-40169:
Bolte, Evert C ~ S/Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, Kansas
Conner, Fairce ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, Kentucky
Davis, Earl A ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Utah
Eatherton, George L, Jr ~ S/Sgt, Left Waist Gunner, Missouri
Ippolito, Charles J ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, New York
Kossey, Theodore G ~ T/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, New York
Schonfeld, Abraham ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, New York
Stuckey, James W ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, New York
Airmen who became POW's from B-24J #44-40169:
Goodridge, Milton K ~ 1st Lt, Pilot
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
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U.S., Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019
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U.S., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group B (Unrecoverable), 1941-1975
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