SSGT Cletus T Nitsch (1916-1944) - Find a Grave Memorial

SSGT Cletus T Nitsch Veteran

Birth

5 Mar 1916

Maryland, USA

Death

1 Apr 1944 (aged 28)

France

Burial

Baltimore National Cemetery

Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA Add to Map

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SECTION E, SITE 5522

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Waist Gunner S/Sgt Cletus T. Nitsch, KIA
Hometown Baltimore, MD
Squadron: 565th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service# 33180313
Pilot Lt William H. Knowles,POW Lindale, GA

Target Pforzheim
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 3597
Date Lost: 1-Apr-44
Serial Number: 42-72866
Aircraft Model B-24D-165-CO
Aircraft Letter:Q
Aircraft Name: JACKASS MALE
Location: Pforzheim
Cause: AA 8 KIA, 2 POW

389th BG loses three aircraft to flak this day.

Crew of the "JACKASS MALE"
2nd/Lt. William H. Knowles Pilot POW
2nd/Lt. Randolph M. Peale Co Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. Clemens J. Gramling Jr. Navigator KIA
1st/Lt. Jack E. Slaughter Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. . George C. Agee Engineer KIA
T/Sgt. William E. Sylvester Radio Op. POW
S/Sgt. Charles T. Tingle Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Cletus T. Nitsch Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Victor L. Byrd Gunner EVD
Sgt. William M. Bryson Observer KIA
S/Sgt.Allen M. Machia Gunner KIA

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SSGT, 389 AAF BOMB GP WORLD WAR II

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1919–2007

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