Robert Charles Tritle Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down on 12th mission. A/C damaged by flak and landed in Dubendorf, Switzerland on 5-Sep-44 in B-24 42-95205 'Lonesome Polecat'. Interned. INT
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13099632 / O-817408
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Lonesome Polecat
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Kansas City, KS | 7 September 1924 | Son of Robert Charles Sr and Charlotte [Williamson] Tritle. |
Enlisted |
Los Angeles, CA | 5 May 1943 | Los Angeles, California |
Other Interned (INT) |
Dubendorf, Switzerland | 5 September 1944 | A/C damaged by flak and landed in Dubendorf, Switzerland on 5-Sep-44 in B-24 42-95205 'Lonesome Polecat'. Interned. |
Died |
Los Angeles, CA | 26 March 2002 | |
Based |
Hethel | 5 September 1944 | Assigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial # 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 8601 & Page 426 in the book 2ND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998 edition (D790.A2S45)