Otis Carroll Ingebritsen
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388th BG - 560th BS 388th Bomb Group collection
Object Number - UPL 45419 - 1LT Otis C. Ingebritsen Pilot 388th BG - 560th BS
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![An Illustration of the Wilhelmshaven raid, 3 November 1943. Image stamped on reverse: '10 Nov 1943.' [stamp], '292478.'[Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'THE BIGGEST EVER DAY RAID: By US Fortresses and Liberators on Wilhelmshaven- escorted all the way by fighters. Special Sphere drawings. THE SCENE OVER WILHELMSHAVEN JUST AS OUT BOMBERS WERE LEAVING THE TARGET ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMVER 3RD. AFTER THE BIGGEST DAYLIGHT RAID EVER CARRIED OUT OVER GERMANY. IN THE TOP RIGHT HAND OF THIS DRAWING, LIGHTNING](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-418517.jpg.webp?itok=KjJP-yi2)
- Date: 3 November 1943
- Date: 20 October 1943
- Date: 18 October 1943
![Three B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 94th Bomb Group are attacked by a Nazi Fighter aircraft during a mission. Printed caption on reverse of print: 'A-62641 USAF: Nazi fighter plane attacking Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortresses" during a bomb run over enemy installations somewhere in Europe, 10 September 1944. 100th[sic] Bomb Group, 3rd Bomb Division. U.S. Air Force Photo.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-408505.jpg.webp?itok=zJwHCUjh)
- Date: 14 October 1943
- Date: 10 October 1943
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Born |
Greenwood, WI | 14 January 1918 | |
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Born |
Madison, WI | 16 October 1940 | 523 West Mifflin Street |
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Other 388th BG Combat Tour |
26 September 1943 - 13 February 1944 | ||
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Died |
Yorktown, VA | 12 August 2009 | Virginian-Pilot, The (Norfolk, VA) - August 16, 2009 Deceased Name: Otis C. Ingebritsen YORKTOWN - Otis Carroll Ingebritsen, 91, passed away Aug. 12, 2009. Otis was a native of Wisconsin. He served his country during World War II in the U.S. Air Force as a B-17 pilot. He was decorated for extraordinary achievement on 25 heavy bombardment missions. Awards include an Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters and a Distinguished Flying Cross with one Oak Leaf Cluster. He attended the University of Wisconsin, graduating with a degree in engineering. He came to Virginia in 1947 to work for NASA until his retirement in 1976. Otis enjoyed tennis, woodworking, computers and videography. He was a member of Grace Episcopal Church. Otis was a loving husband, father and grandfather. Otis is survived by his wife Josephine of 56 years; a son, Kris Ingebritsen of Seaford; a daughter, Ann Morse and her husband John of Chesapeake; a sister, Ethel Lee of Ohio; and four grandchildren, Amber, Tara and Damon Ingebritsen and Jack Morse. Friends are invited to join the family at the MRA Building today from 4 to 6 p.m. for a celebration of his life. A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18, at Grace Episcopal Church with the Rev. Carleton Bakkum officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends at a reception following the service in the church social hall. |
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Yorktown, VA | 18 August 2009 | Grace Episcopal Churchyard Yorktown, York County, Virginia, USA |
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Other Graduated University |
Madison, WI | University of Wisconsin Electrical Engineering | |
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Other Engineer for NASA |
Hampton, VA | NASA Langley Research Center |
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https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2238/images/44047_04_0…
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1265&h=2573029…
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19680015872
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61975902/otis-carroll-ingebritsen
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