Marc F Pitts
Military ROLL OF HONOURin one month Marc flew six combat missions, his final mission he was killed when his aircraft took 3 direct hits from flak, which took out the control cables and put a hole in the tail.
13 May 43: Meaulte, France in aircraft #42-5180 "DFC"
15 May 43: Heligoland in aircraft #42-5218 "Sky Wolf"
19 May 43: Kiel, Germany in aircraft #42-5218 "Sky Wolf"
29 May 43: St. Nazaire, France in aircraft #42-29524 "Meat Hound"
11 June 43: Wilhelmshaven, Germany in aircraft #42-5218 "Sky Wolf"
13 June 43: Bremen, Germany in aircraft #42-5218 "Sky Wolf"
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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
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 13 June 1943
- Date: 11 June 1943
- Date: 29 May 1943
- Date: 19 May 1943
- Date: 13 May 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Died |
Bremen, Germany | 13 June 1943 |
Revisions
Marc's brother LtCol Bruno F. Pitts told me Marco was uncle Marc's nickname.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor