Kingsley Funk Spitzer
Military
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
People
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Blondie III
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Hardy City, West Virginia | 2 November 1919 | Son of Benjamin F and Emma Susan [Armentrout] Spitzer. |
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Died |
North Wales | 29 December 1943 | Killed in Service (KIS). |
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Based |
Horham | 29 December 1943 | Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Singers Glen Cemetery Singers Glen, Rockingham County, VA | Singers Glen Cemetery Singers Glen, Rockingham County, Virginia |
Revisions
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 / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php Losses of the Eighth and Ninth Air Forces Vol. I, p. 443, NARA