David Oliver Tritsch
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in mid-air collision over Northamptonshire. [Documents attached to database form] Also incident from Combat Chronology Supplement, Snetterton Falcons by Doherty and Ward, p. 189 MACR 8810 September 8, 1944. 'Why Not?' A/C #42-107208 flak caused one engine's cylinder to blow out. Pressure dropped in another engine and pilot Jorgensen could not make the engine feather. Prop wash from other planes caused rapid drop in altitude. Bombs were dropped 20 miles east of Rheims. Now at 1000 feet in altitude, pilot Jorgensen ordered a bail out. All bailed out except pilot, copilot Tritsch and Bombardier. With the load lightened the plane was able to fly to Orly. 'Why Not?' was repaired in France and returned to base
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Why Not?
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 30 May 1922 | |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
England | 11 October 1944 | |
Buried |
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA | Gettysburg National Cemetery PLOT Section 3, Site #488 |
Revisions
Changed the location of the KIA event & updated Buried event info per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 51979454.
Copied "KIA event" from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so the dup person can be deleted.
Added a connection to A/C #42-107208 listed in the "Summary biography".
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / niece, Karen Clark; Snetterton Falcons, pg 187