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Fitje Lavinia Pitts
Civilian
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Fitje L Pitts, American Red Cross volunteer, in Brooklyn, NY, the day before she sailed to England on the Queen Mary.
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Celebrating the birthday of the 95th Bomb Group. Horham, England.
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Opening night at the Red Cross Aero Club, 95th Bomb Group, Horham, England. Fitje Pitts (next to chef), Michaele (?), Mac McGrath and Jean Plageman
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Fitje Pitts on the left and Jean Plageman serving donuts to a G.I. at the 95th Bomb Group in Horham
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Warren “Red” Farwell, Fitje Pitts, Jean Gureasko, and J.C. “Hinkie” Hinkle, 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn, May 1944
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Dance on the lawn. 386th Bomb Group, Great Dunmow.
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Fitje dancing with Sergeant Daugherty, 95th Bomb Group, Horham, July 1943
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Fitje Pitts' drawing of the Red Cross club, 95th Bomb Group, Horham, 1943
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Unidentified G.I. with Fitje's kitten, Lt. Clark, 95th Bomb Group, Horham, 1943
Fitje Pitts served with the American Red Cross in England, France and Belgium during World War II. She sailed to England on the Queen Mary; Kathleen 'Kick' Kennedy was one of her cabin mates. Upon arriving in the UK she was first assigned to the 95th Bomb Group in Horham. In her almost thirty months in the ETO she was attached to the 95th, IX Bomber Command, 91st Bomb Group, 386th Bomb Group, and after the war ended, the 27th Air Transport Group.
Service
Units served with
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27th Air Transport Group
Group
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386th Bomb Group
Group
The 386th Bomb Group flew B-26 Marauders for the Eighth and Ninth Air Forces. Whilst with the Eighth, the Group developed the formation release procedure for the B-26 on missions that targeted aerodromes, marshalling yards and V-weapon sites along the... -
91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Group
The 91st Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated at Harding Field, Louisiana on 15-April-1942 and went to MacDill Field, Florida for the first phase of training from 16-May-1942 to 25-June-1942. The Group was then assigned to 2nd Air Force at Walla... -
95th Bomb Group
Group
The 95th Bomb Group was the only Eighth Air Force Group to be awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations. The first, shared by all four Bomb Wing Groups, was for the bombing of an aircraft factory under intense enemy fire at Regensburg on 17 August... -
American Red Cross
Misc
Associated Place
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Bassingbourn
Military site : airfield
Now home to a museum all about the aifield and its USAAF residents (http://www.towermuseumbassingbourn.co.uk/) , Bassingbourn opened in 1938 as part of the RAF's pre-war expansion programme. The RAF continued to use it until late in 1942 when its long... -
Great Dunmow
Military site : airfield
The airfield, two miles north-west of Great Dunmow, was built in 1942-1943 by the US Army's 818th Engineer Battalion (Aviation), alongside British contractors. B-26 Marauders of the 386th Bomb Group moved in in September 1943, and in October the Group... -
Marks Hall
Military site : non-airfield
Marks Hall's estate was requisitioned in 1941 for the construction of Earls Colne airfield (USAAF Station 358). ... -
Villacoublay
Military site : airfield
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St Trond
Military site : airfield
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Beaumont Sur Oise
Military site : airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Providence, RI, USA | 6 June 1917 |
| Died | Roland Park, Baltimore, MD, USA | 31 October 2008 |
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Aged 91 |
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Revisions
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| 12 August 2018 13:25:15 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to media associations |
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Associated media. |
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| 11 August 2018 18:35:01 | Tim Pitts | Changes to biography |
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Fitje Pitts' personal papers |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 08 August 2018 12:26:47 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to media associations |
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Associated Media |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 07 August 2018 17:46:29 | Tim Pitts | Changes to events, unit associations and place associations |
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Fitje Pitts' personal papers |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 31 August 2017 12:09:24 | Lucy May | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, suffix, nationality, biography, events, unit associations and place associations |
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Correspondence with Mrs Pitts' son, Tilghman G Pitts III. http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2008-11-05/news/0811040082_1_american-r... |
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