Wade Lawrence Pitt
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Photo taken 15 September 2012, Gary Atkins
Wade died in a crash during take off in a B-24 on his third mission in March 1945.
Killed when B24J 42-51241 was apparently caught in propwash, and was thrown over on its back on the way back from mission 920. The crew did not have time to escape the aircraft before it started to break up, and it crashed close to St Lawrence, with all crew lost.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 31 March 1945
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Buried |
22 April 1949 | Plot: Sec: 15, Site: 75 Buried with 4 other crewmembers: Edward Johnson Oliver Jones Ray Stone Marvin Tucker | |
Died |
South Cove, Beccles, Suffolk NR34, UK | He was Killed in a crash during take off on his third mission in the 4th week of March 1945 |
Revisions
Find A Grave Memorial# 49299021
Ancestry.com
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photos and description of the crash: http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/ukcr3.htm
Reginald B Holder, via American Air Museum Memory Book Correspondence.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / roster