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Personal info

Full name
PITTS, Marc Frederick
Date of birth
1922
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Wooddale, New Castle County, Delaware

Military service

Service number
O-727656
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Bombardier
Unit
423rd Bombardment Squadron,
306th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 June 1943
Place of death
North of Bremen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 11 13

Immediate family

Members
Frederic G. Pitts (father)
Alice (Fox) Pitts (mother)
Patricia Pitts (sister)
Bruno Pitts (brother)
Jacqueline Pitts (sister)
Ruth M. (Hiner) Pitts (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-5218
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Skywolf
Destination: Bremen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the U-boat installations

More information

Marc F. Pitts graduated from Wilmington High School attended Northwestern University and the University of Delaware and was a salesman.

He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in Wilmington, Delaware on 20 January 1942.

His determination to be a flier arose from the fact that his father was an aviator in World War I. He was sent overseas in March 1943.

The airplane was hit by flak at bombs away and crashed north of Bremen, Germany. Seven crew members survived and were taken prisoner, two men were killed.

Source of information: André Koch, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://forum.armyairforces.com, www.ancestry.com - Des Philippet, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - The News Journal

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Adopter (unkown), www.newspapers.com - The News Journal