Richard Thomas Witton
Military
Object Number - UPL 23010 - B-24 41-28629 'Blondes Away'. An original Project 92311 aircraft which landed and was interned at Dübendorf, Switzerland 13 Apr 44.
Assigned to 732BS, 453BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Brunswick in 42-52298 'Choo Choo Baby' 8-May-44; downed by enemy fighters. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 4596
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME
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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 732nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-686185
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 732nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-808960
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 732nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35562331
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 732nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38379201
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 732nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12185308
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Martins Ferry, Ohio | 26 July 1920 | Son of Thomas Joseph and Mary Adelaide [Nay] Witton. |
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Enlisted |
Wheeling, WV | 8 April 1942 | Wheeling, West Virginia |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 8 May 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Other Baled out POW |
Vinity Ovelgonne, Germany | 8 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Brunswick in 42-52298 'Choo Choo Baby' 8-May-44; downed by enemy fighters. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 4596 |
|
Other Discharged USAAF |
18 November 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
16 February 1995 | ||
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Buried |
Saint Mary's Cemetery Martins Ferry, Belmont County, OH | 19 February 1995 | Saint Mary's Cemetery Martins Ferry, Belmont County, Ohio |
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Based |
Old Buckenham | 8 May 1944 | Assigned to 732BS, 453BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/record/528538596/richard-witton-1920-veterans-aff…
https://www.fold3.com/record/84221915/richard-t-witton-wwii-army-enlist…
http://www.oldbuck.com/media/32481/Aircraft-of-the-453rd.pdf
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115396550/richard-thomas-witton
Updated the POW event per info in the "Summary biography".
Added a POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Removed # from A/C serial No. to aid clarity and consistency.
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4596