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Everett Lee Shields
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Rank
First Lieutenant, U.S. Air Force
Unit
428 FTR BOMB SQ 474 FTR BOMB GP
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Date of Death
July 19, 1953
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First Lieutenant Shields was the pilot of a F-84G Thunderjet fighter with the 428th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 474th Fighter-Bomber Group. On July 19, 1953, while on a combat mission, his aircraft received a direct hit by anti-aircraft fire, crashed and disintegrated. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on July 13, 1954. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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