Aristides G Litras

Military

DFC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster

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The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group line up for takeoff at Shipdham in 1943. The 'Flying Eight-Ball' emblem of the 68th Bomb Squadron is visible on the nose of the leading aircraft. Image stamped with field press censor, 1943. Press Agency photograph- original printed caption has been removed.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Lucky Strike
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Hell's Kitten
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Consolidated Mess
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Ole Cock
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron

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Events

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Born

Brooklyn, New York 23 March 1924

Enlisted

New York, NY 28 November 1942

Other

Arrived In ETO

10 November 1943

Other

Returned From ETO

13 January 1945

Other

ETS

14 September 1945 Honorably Discharged at Ft Dix NJ.

Died

Manhasset NY 12 April 2010

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self