Orville S Witt Jr
MilitaryShot down 20 December 1942 in B-17F 41-24566 'Zombie' while serving as Pilot. Killed in Action (KIA). Participated in 2 Operations (See Biography events).
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Zombie
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 20 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 18 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Assigned to Aircraft |
Alamogordo, NM 88310, USA | 23 June 1942 | Assigned as Pilot of B-17F 41-24566 "Zombie", 303BG/359BS at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico. |
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Other Arrived in UK |
Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 25 October 1942 | Arrived as Pilot of B-17F 41-24566 "Zombie", 303BG/359BS at Molesworth, UK. |
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Other Mission #1 1LT Orville S. Witt, w/B-17F 41-24566, 303BG/359BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 18 November 1942 | Seved as Pilot of B-17F 41-24566 "Zombie", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK. |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Dieppe, France | 20 December 1942 | Killed when aircraft was attacked by German aircraft and crashed into the English Channel near Dieppe, France. His remains were never recovered. |
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Other Mission #2 1LT Orville S. Witt, w/B-17F 41-24566, 303BG/359BS - KIA |
Romilly-sur-Seine, France | 20 December 1942 | Served as Pilot of B-17F 41-24566 "Zombie", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the German air depot at Romilly, France. The aircraft sustained heavy damage from aircraft and anti-aircraft fire and crashed into the English Channel on the return. All crew lost. KIA. |
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Born |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | ||
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Other Commemorated |
Neupré, Belgium | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Ardennes American Cemetery |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, HIstorian, Mission Report of 20-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/007.pdf
Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, HIstorian, Mission Report of 18-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/002.pdf
Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Added Arrived in UK event per 303BG webiste, Gary Moncru, Historian, Orville S. Witt crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-359-witt.html
Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Added Assigned to Aircraft event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Orville S. Witt crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-359-witt.html
Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Made connections to Mission participations and edtied Summary Biography per 303BD website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Orville S. Witt crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-359-witt.html
Lee Cunningham 4-Dec-2014. Added KIA event and other details per MACR 15708; added Commemorated event and decorations per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15708