Louis E Ritt
MilitaryIWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Shot down in B-17 42-3459 BK-F, JOLLY ROGER on Mission 101, 23 September 1943. Missing Air Crew Report #748.
POW
Connections
See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.
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: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron Headquarters (384th Bomb Group)
- Service Numbers: O-670023
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Group Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33354228
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-794662
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33239886
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Jolly Roger
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 23 September 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Michigan, USA | 4 December 1919 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 23 September 1943 | POW Camp: Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12 |
Enlisted |
Detroit, MI, USA | 13 November 1943 | Residence: Antrim County, Michigan Private, Air Corps Enlisted Serial Number: 16042210 |
Other Assigned |
11 September 1944 | Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 546th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #93 dated 11 September 1943 as crew pilot. One combat mission. | |
Died |
Michigan, USA | 23 September 2002 | Burial: Flewelling Cemetery Bellaire Antrim County Michigan, USA |
Revisions
384thbombgroup.com http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=3393
Find A Grave http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=26772248
National Enlisted Data Base http://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=WR26&tf…
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 748 / MACR 748, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database