John Gilmore Fitch
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 21393 - John Gilmore Fitch - Des Moines, 384th BG, KIA
Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Jack Hickey crew. 7 x combat missions. Shot down 22-May-44 in B-17 42-102402. Severely wounded in leg on his final mission; bailed out; treated in German hospital but died after surgery. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 495
Awards: PH.
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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: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16018890 / O-690928
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17061679 / O-683996
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Madison, NE | 26 July 1916 | Son of Guy and Deldee V Fitch. |
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Enlisted |
Jefferson Barracks, MO | 2 February 1943 | Jefferson Barracks, Missouri |
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Other Promotion |
Grafton Underwood, UK | 1 May 1944 | Promoted to Staff Sergeant. |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Lubeck, Germany | 22 May 1944 | Treated in German hospital but died after surgery. Died of Wounds (DOW) |
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Other Baled out DOW |
Rethwischfeld, Germany | 22 May 1944 | Shot down 22-May-44 in B-17 42-102402. Severely wounded in leg on his final mission; bailed out; treated in German hospital but died after surgery. KIA. MACR 495 |
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Buried |
Lubeck, Germany | 27 May 1944 | Interred POW cemetery, Lubeck Germany 27-May-44. |
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Buried |
Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk County, IA | 7 July 1949 | Re-Interred Glendale Cemetery Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4954 / MACR 4954, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
