Raymond L Litka
MilitaryPrisoner of War (POW) Crashed at Redefin on 1/14/45 in B-17G #43-37933 'Yankee Maid'.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Yankee Maid
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Chicago, Illinois, USA | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 14 January 1945 | Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources
Added S/N and POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11732 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database