Jesse Richard Pitts
Military
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UPL 39091
"A crew of the 379th Bomb Group poses in front of a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" at an 8th Air Force base in England on 5 March 1944."
Rear L-R: T/Sgt Leo A Chruby, Col Herschel Streit, Lt Jesse R Pitts, Lt Robert J Marcott, Lt Lawrence Kundin, Sgt Raymond W Finicle, Sgt James E Williams, Sgt John E Snell.
Front L-R: Unkn, Unkn, Mike R Boyovich, Unkn, Unkn, Sgt Lopez, Sgt Stanley Robert Owens.
Rear L-R: T/Sgt Leo A Chruby, Col Herschel Streit, Lt Jesse R Pitts, Lt Robert J Marcott, Lt Lawrence Kundin, Sgt Raymond W Finicle, Sgt James E Williams, Sgt John E Snell.
Front L-R: Unkn, Unkn, Mike R Boyovich, Unkn, Unkn, Sgt Lopez, Sgt Stanley Robert Owens.
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 28 x combat missions. Flew on B-17 'Penny Ante'. ETD Instructed stateside and flew for Air Transport Command.
Awards: DFC, AM, Croix de Guerre, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14077074 / O-?
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Penny Ante
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
East Palestine, OH | 13 June 1921 | Son of Howard Earl and Denyse [Dinin] Pitts. |
Enlisted |
Wheeling, WV | 25 July 1942 | Wheeling, West Virginia |
Other Discharged USAAF |
12 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Charlottesville, VA | 2 August 2003 | |
Buried |
Monticello Memorial Park Albemarle County, VA | 5 August 2003 | Monticello Memorial Park Albemarle County, VA |
Based |
Kimbolton | Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000 / Memoir: 'Return To Base' published 2004