Aristides G Litras

Military

DFC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster

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Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Prince, Princess
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Peep Sight
  • Unit: 3rd Strategic Air Depot 579th Bomb Squadron 392nd Bomb Group 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
Personnel of the 44th Bomb Group watch B-24 Liberator (N_, serial number 42-7642) nicknamed "M'Darling" prepare for takeoff at Shipdham, 30 January 1944. Image passed by field press censor 30/1/44. Associated Press Photo. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Hanover/Brunswick raid 31/1/44 - 30/1/44?'
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: MDarling
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
Passion Pit
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Passion Pit
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Sabrina III
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron

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Events

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Born

Brooklyn, New York 23 March 1924

Enlisted

New York, NY 28 November 1942

Other

Arrived In ETO

10 November 1943

Other

Returned From ETO

13 January 1945

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ETS

14 September 1945 Honorably Discharged at Ft Dix NJ.

Died

Manhasset NY 12 April 2010

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self