Lieutenant Fiedler Jr. was from Akron, Ohio, and served as a pilot with the 347th Fighter Group. He flew in the 68th and 70th Fighter Squadrons. He is the only American fighter pilot credited with five victories in the Airacobra. Fiedler was seriously injured in an accident on June 30, 1943. While in the cockpit of his Airacobra on the ground, he was hit by a P-38 that suffered an engine failure, and both aircraft exploded. Fielder was pulled from the burning wreckage unconscious and soon died of his injuries.
Lieutenant Fiedler Jr. was from Akron, Ohio, and served as a pilot with the 347th Fighter Group. He flew in the 68th and 70th Fighter Squadrons. He is the only American fighter pilot credited with five victories in the Airacobra. Fiedler was seriously injured in an accident on June 30, 1943. While in the cockpit of his Airacobra on the ground, he was hit by a P-38 that suffered an engine failure, and both aircraft exploded. Fielder was pulled from the burning wreckage unconscious and soon died of his injuries.
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from Ohio.
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Records on Ancestry
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Indiana, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1907-1944
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
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Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S., National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl), 1941-2011
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U.S., World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas
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U.S., National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962
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