Warren H Ritchhart

Military
Warren H Ritchhart UPL 71046 UPL 71046 Warren H Ritchhart served with the 487th BG at Lavenham

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Object Number - UPL 71046 - Warren H Ritchhart served with the 487th BG at Lavenham

Shot down 30 Nov 1944 in B-17 #43-37877. Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 487th Bomb Group.

487th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

43-37877

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 836th Bomb Squadron

Places

Officers of the 487th Bomb Group outside the 838th Bomb Squadron operations room.

Lavenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

18 October 1981

Born

Richmond Heights, Missouri, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 30 November 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11154 / MACR 11154; 8th AF News, September 1999 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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