John P Hite

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-38050.jpeg UPL 38050 2LT John P. Hite
Pilot
491st BG
KIA - 26 Nov 1944

Object Number - UPL 38050 - 2LT John P. Hite Pilot 491st BG KIA - 26 Nov 1944

Killed in Action (KIA) near Misburg in B-24 'Problem Child' #4128884

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Units served with

A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Problem Child
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Mississippi, USA 10 February 1921

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

in the vicinity of Misburg, Germany 26 November 1944

Buried

Memphis, Tennessee Memphis National Cemetery Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map Plot H, 371

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10762 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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