Kingsley Funk Spitzer

Military
media-51464.jpeg UPL 51464 T/Sgt Kingsley F. Spitzer, 95BG

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Object Number - UPL 51464 - T/Sgt Kingsley F. Spitzer, 95BG

Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 22 x combat missions most with Alden Witt crew. Flew 1 x mission with Bill Thomas crew.



Killed in service 29-Dec-43. Accident in B-17 42-39883 'Ruthless' flying through overcast, plane crashed into a mountain while on a non-operational mission to transport crew members who had completed tours of duty to another field for return to the US.



Crew was enroute to R&R and transferring tour expired colleagues to Scotland, so they could return to ZI via ship. Navigation error caused A/C to descend out of overcast and collide with mountain. Killed in Service (KIS)



Awards: AM (OLC), PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.

95th Bomb Group

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

People

William K Thomas

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-791163
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Alden R Witt

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18066414 / O-665367
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-29943

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Situation Normal
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 335th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30182) nicknamed "Blondie II" of the 95th Bomb Group.

42-30182

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Blondie II
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron

42-30342

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: T'aint A Bird II
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group Base Air Depot 1 334th Bomb Squadron

42-31329

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron

42-5791

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Ruthless
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Hardy City, West Virginia 2 November 1919 Son of Benjamin F and Emma Susan [Armentrout] Spitzer.

Died

North Wales 29 December 1943 Killed in Service (KIS).

Based

Horham 29 December 1943 Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Singers Glen Cemetery Singers Glen, Rockingham County, VA Singers Glen Cemetery Singers Glen, Rockingham County, Virginia

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Added a KIS event per info in the "Summary biography".

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php Losses of the Eighth and Ninth Air Forces Vol. I, p. 443, NARA

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