Alden R Witt
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 54225 - 1st Lt Alden R Witt, 95BG
Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF.
Fatal crash in B-17 42-5791 flying through overcast, plane crashed into Cwm Mountain, Wales, while on a non-operational mission ferrying airmen who had completed tours of duty, from Horham in Suffolk to Woodvale near Southport, for further transportation to the United States. Alden Witt was among the 18 men on board, all killed in the crash. Killed in service (KIS)
Awards: AM (2OLC), EAME, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 455th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 741st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13007515
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15077925
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35383061
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner ; Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35008172
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Ruthless
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Yuma County, Arizona, USA | 7 November 1921 | Son of Henry Franklin and Naomi [Weatherford] Witt. |
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Enlisted |
Goodfellow Field, San Angelo, TX | 22 January 1942 | Goodfellow Field San Angelo Use For No 1 Texas |
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Died |
Cwm Mountain, Wales | 29 December 1943 | Killed in service (KIS) |
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Buried |
Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot D, Row 7, Grave 73 | ||
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Based |
Horham | 29 December 1943 | Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Changed label for Died event to "Killed in service" per info in the "Summary biography"
Updated Rank and the Born/Buried events per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 56295672.
See: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56295672/alden-r_-witt
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Combat Chronology Supplement, Operational Handbook of the 95th BG by Andrews, p. 102, 129, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I, p. 443 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
