Ritzy Blitz

324th Squadron

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Serial # 42-29487 

Back Row - Left to Right

Sgt James Lascu Jr., Radio Operator (KIA); Sgt Stanley E. Lyttle, Tail Gunner (KIA); Sgt Walter F. Williams Jr., Waist gunner (POW); Sgt William O. Francisco, Waist Gunner (POW); Sgt George M. Richardson, Ball Turret Gunner (KIA)

Front Row - Left to Right

2nd Lt. Carey E. Goodwin, Jr., Navigator (POW); 2nd Lt. Donald W. Jones, Co-Pilot (POW); 2nd Lt. Wayne D. Hedglin, Pilot (POW); 2nd Lt. John W. McKewen Jr., Bombardier (KIA); Sgt Cody L. Wolf, TR (KIA)

 

Ritzy Blitz Factoid - Ritzy Blitz went MIA on 11 January 1944 during the Oschersleben Raid. Twila Harper supplied the photograph of the crew. She is the half sister of Stanley Lyttle, who was the tail gunner on Ritzy Blitz.

 

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