Ralph W Kittle

Military
media-37945.jpeg UPL 37945 1Lt. Ralph w Kittle

Michel Beckers WW2CRASHSITERESEARCH

Object Number - UPL 37945 - 1Lt. Ralph w Kittle

Shot down 5 March 1945 in B-17 #4297542. Lost 2 engines, jettisoned bombs, lost 3rd engine headed for Russian Territory. Plane was 'City of Savannah'



POW/ DFC/ AM/ PH

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: City of Savannah
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

27 March 2001

Born

Ringgold, Georgia, USA

Buried

Keswick, Virginia

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 5 March 1945

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12926 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / newspaper obituary, MACR 12926

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