Arthur H Dittmer

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Joined Sqd 7/28/44. Killed in Action. 8/24/44 (Langenhagen), shot by the Gestapo.

Shot down by flak and crashed at Stetterdorf in B-24 "Lone Ranger" 44-40098.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

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.

68th Bomb Squadron

  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Homer H Braswell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14105559
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Wayne R Davis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-717040
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

John E Devich

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37275604
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner, Top Turret Gunner

Grover L Dobson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 6397582
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

John W Domogala

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aircraft

44-40098

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron

Missions

568

  • Date: 24 August 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Killed in action

24 August 1944

Born

Queens NY

Buried

Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands

Revisions

Date
ContributorJos H.
ChangesChanges to awards, person associations, place associations and mission associations
Sources

https://nl.findagrave.com/memorial/56298221/arthur-h_-dittmer#source

Date
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
ChangesChanges to biography and events
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://8thairforce.com/44thbg/search/perlastname.asp

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ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8273 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Webb Todd MACR 8273