Richard L Ott
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 39967 - Maj Dick Ott CO 79th FS
Commanding Officer 79th FS 20th FG
Combat hours 51:05
3 1/2 air kills (1 FW-190 + 1 ME-110 + 1 DO-217 + 1/2 ME-210) + 1/2 probable
KIA Jan 30, 1944 shot down by DO-217 near Osnabruck, Germany while flying P-38J s/n 42-67516 MC+L MACR 2118.
Asssigned a/c: P-38H s/n 42-67055 MC+Z & P-38J s/n 42-67251 MC+X
Buried in Ardennes American Cemetery
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 79th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Kingscliffe, Apethorpe
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2118 / MACR 2118, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces Vol 2 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
