Nicholas Marcus Heiter
MilitaryBall Turret Gunner. Joined 68th Squadron 5 October 1943. Shot down by fighters after bombs away on mission to V-1 sites at Escalles-sur-Buchy on 21 Jan 1944 in B-24H #42-7635 'Ram It-Dam' It'. Prisoner of War (POW).
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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: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14151313
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39831745
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18162569
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35037588 at enlistment, then O-741141
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11052903 at enlistment, then O-748585
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Ram-It-DamIt
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 21 January 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Bridgewater, South Dakota, USA | 5 November 1922 | in Kransburg, South Dakota (lived in Bridgewater, SD in 1942) |
Enlisted |
16 October 1942 | Ft Snelling, Michigan | |
Other Bailed out |
21 January 1944 | out of 42-7635 over France | |
Other captured and made a Prisoner of War (POW) |
21 January 1944 | captured and interned at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan/Zagan, Poland. NARA WWII POW records : "Returned to Military Control 23 May 1945." | |
Died |
21 March 2010 | ||
Buried |
Nicholas Heiter rests at the Black Hills National Cemetery in Sturgis, South Dakota |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2357 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Webb Todd, MACR 2357, 8th AF Losses