Walter J. Kita                                                                                           Updated: 15 FEB 2018

Airman: o888017.htm Surname: Kita Init: W J Rank: F/O Service: USAAF Sqdn: 755

P_link: p278.htm Plane: B24 42-52432 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Venslev.

Crash_d: d090444 Buried_d: o888 C_link: o888.htm At_Next: POW

Bombekaster, flyveofficer W.J. Kita sprang ud, da alarmklokken lød.

Han blev fanget af tyskerne ved Hyllested Præstemark og blev krigsfange. Kilde: AOD.

På Venslev Kirkegård blev der 2/9 1945 rejst en mindesten for de faldne, som er begravet på Svinø Kirkegård.

Se også Photo of Crew 68 of 755th Squadron, 458th Bombardment Group, MACR, links to Reports, list of Missions and account from Pilot, 2nd Lt B.E. Logie.

10 flyvere.

Bombardier F/O W.J. Kita bailed out, when the alarm bell was turned on.

He was caught by the Germans at Hyllested Præstemark and became a Prisoner of War. Source: AOD.

A memorial stone commemorating the fallen, who are buried in Svinø Churchyard, was erected on Venslev Churchyard on 2 September 1945.

See Photo of Crew 68 of 755th Squadron, 458th Bombardment Group, MACR, links to Reports, list of Missions and account from Pilot, 2nd Lt B.E. Logie.

This B-24 Liberator belonged to 755 BS, 458 BG, 96 CBW, 2 BD. It took off from Royal Air Force Station Horsham St Faith USAAF Station 123. 10 airmen.