Ritt, Louis Eskel

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Ritt, Louis Eskel ‡ ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-672429 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #93 dated 11 September 1943, effective 11 September 1943.
Duty	Pilot
MOS	1091 - Pilot, B-17
Last Duty Date	23 September 1943
Results	Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 4 December 1919
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 748⇓ (24.645 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Ritt, Louis Eskel	Pilot	POW
2nd Lt. Rabby, Carlos James, Jr⇗	Co-pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Belk, Robert Kirk⇗	Navigator	TR
2nd Lt. Crown, Richard Keith, "Snake"⇗	Bombardier	CT
S/SGT. Compton, James Harold⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	CT
SGT. Birnbaum, Lester (NMI)⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	CT
S/SGT. Heintzelman, David Leroy⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	CT
S/SGT. Greene, Frank Palmer⇗	Tail Gunner	CT
S/SGT. Stamm, Murray Raymond⇗	Flexible Gunner	CT
S/SGT. Myers, Guy Albert⇗	Flexible Gunner	KIA

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 1 Combat Mission.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
25⇗	23 September 1943	Target: Submarine Repair Ship Type: Submarine Facility Location: Nantes, France	Co-pilot	42‑3459⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Shot down by enemy aircraft shortly after crossing the coast of France, crashed near Pontivy, France; MACR 748. Co-pilot Ritt was pilot of a newly assigned crew, flying his first orientation mission. Sortie Report⇗

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