Richard Ritter

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media-48350.jpeg UPL 48350 S/Sgt Richard Ritter, 525BS, 379BG

Object Number - UPL 48350 - S/Sgt Richard Ritter, 525BS, 379BG

Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 2nd mission. Failed to Return (FTR) Zudausques mission in B-17 44-6133; Due to extensive Flak damage, A/C collided with 42-97942 and crashed at Allhallows-On-Sea, Kent. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6984



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37298962
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16035502 / O-759660
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Vernisky, VT 20 November 1923 Son of Harry Marvin Sr and Mary [Desautels] Ritter.

Enlisted

Cleveland, OH 11 February 1943 Cleveland, Ohio

Died

Thames Estuary 19 June 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Zudausques mission in B-17 44-6133; Mid air collision Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6984
Belleville, Ohio

Based

Kimbolton 19 June 1944 Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot F Row 2 Grave 26

Revisions

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Sources

Mitch Peeke.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / see page 395 Losses of the 8th & 9th

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