William Thomas Hitt
Military
Rear L-R: Lt Col Burton K Voorhees, 2Lt Robert E Galbraith Jr, 1Lt Donald De Camp, 2Lt Warren Spencer Wiggins.
Front L-R: Sgt Robert E King, S/Sgt Richard J Tracy, S/Sgt William Thomas "Dub" Hitt, Sgt Richard Charles "Dick" Miller, Sgt Robert W Hoffman, Sgt Jerry C. McLawhorn.
Object Number - UPL 38124 - "Crew of the 303rd Bomb Group beside their Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Sky Wolf'. England, 7 January 1944." Rear L-R: Lt Col Burton K Voorhees,...
Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. ETD. 2nd tour with 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Lobau oil refinery, Vienna, Austria; hit by flak, baled out before A/C exploded 10-Sep-44 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 8261
Awards: DFC, AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME (3 battle stars).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17042935 / O-734677
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 301st Bomb Group 32nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-813973
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Talladega, AL | 27 November 1918 | Son of William Walter and Maggie Dora [Ewing] Hitt. |
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Enlisted |
Fort McPherson, Atlanta, GA | 29 January 1942 | Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia |
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Other Baled out POW |
Vicinity of Vienna, Austria | 10 September 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Lobau oil refinery, Vienna, Austria; hit by flak, baled out before A/C exploded 10-Sep-44 POW MACR 8261 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 10 September 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Died |
Oneonta, Blount County, AL | 2 September 2008 | |
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Buried |
Oak Hill Cemetery Oneonta, Blount County, AL | 5 September 2008 | Oak Hill Cemetery Oneonta, Blount County, Alabama |
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Based |
Molesworth | Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Based |
Lucera | 10 September 1944 | 2nd Tour - Assigned to 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF |
| Pinson, AL | Unemployed at time of draft registration. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Wall of Valor
