Owen Roberts Zachritz
MilitaryAssigned 816BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. Returned from Vienna 16-Mar-45, crash landing B-17 44-6325. RTD MACR 13059
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19163647 / O-771647
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Faulkton, SD | 11 September 1925 | Son of Dr George F and Clara [Roberts] Zachritz. |
Other Discharged USAAF |
4 November 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Aberdeen, SD | 30 August 2014 | |
Buried |
Faulkton Cemetery Faulkton, SD | Faulkton Cemetery Faulkton, South Dakota | |
Based |
Sterparone | Assigned 816BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. | |
Enlisted |
South Dakota |