Otis Heyward Vinson

Military

media-37243.jpeg UPL 37243 John Latwaitis Crew
485th BG - 15th AF

Standing Left to Right: Ed Wals (NG), Otis Vinson (FE), Jack Marahi (RO), Paul Combs, TG, Simon Ventimiglia (BTG), Edgar Pierce (TTG)

Kneeling Left to Right: Marion Shelor (B), Jonas Latwaitis (P), Elmer Kohler (CP), Morris Burney (P)

Sitting: unidentified ground crew man

This crew were shot down on 9 June 1944. Only Shelor, Burney and Vinson survived

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Object Number - UPL 37243 - John Latwaitis Crew 485th BG - 15th AF Standing Left to Right: Ed Wals (NG), Otis Vinson (FE), Jack Marahi (RO), Paul Combs, TG, Simon...

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Units served with

485th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

829th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Jonas A Latwaitis

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 485th Bomb Group 829th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: T-61254
Highest Rank: Flight Officer
Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Venosa

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Westminster, South Carolina	3 November 1922
Enlisted	Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina	29 January 1943
Other 485th BG Combat Tour	Venosa, Italy	10 May 1944 - 9 June 1944
Other Shot Down/Captured	Thal, Austria	9 June 1944	One of only 3 survivors
Died	Mauldin, South Carolina	22 November 1993
Buried	Greenville Memorial Gardens, Piedmont, South Carolina	26 November 1993	Greenville Memorial Gardens Piedmont, Greenville County, South Carolina, Plot Section I; Garden of the Last Supper
Other POW	Stalag 4A Hohnstein, Germany		Stalag 4A