Frederick W. Bittner

Frederick W. Bittner

Army Air Corps

FREDERICK
W.
BITTNER

Jul 2, 1922 - Apr 25, 1975
BIRTHPLACE: Lyndhurst, New Jersey

SOLDIER DETAILS

HIGHEST RANK: STAFF SGT
DIVISION:
Army Air Corps
,
8th Air Force, 335 Bomb Sq
THEATER OF OPERATION:
European
SERVED: Sep 9, 1942 -
Aug 29, 0005
BATTLE: MISSION 1: EMDEN, MISSION 2: KIEL, MISSION 3: BREMEN, MISSION 4: MILI INST., MISSION 5: LUDWIGSHAVEN, MISSION 6: KIEL, MISSION 7: ELBERSFELD, MISSION 8: BIELEFELD, MISSION 9: FRANKFURT, MISSION 10: WILHEMSHAVEN, MISSION 11: FRANKFURT, MISSION 12: VILLA COUBLAY, MISSION 13: REGENSBURG, MISSION 14: CROSS BOW, MISSION 15:BRUNSWICK, MISSION 16: CHARTRES, MISSION 18: BERLIN
MILITARY HONORS: OAK LEAF CLUSTER, AIR MEDAL, EUROPEAN THEATER
OPERATION (ETO) RIBBON, OAK LEAF CLUSTER—
MIA, DISTINGUISHED UNIT BADGE
PRISONER OF WAR

BIOGRAPHY

He was attached to the 8th Air Force, 335 Bomb Sq Army Air Force Station 119. He was a B-17 tailgunner He flew 18 bombing missions over occupied Europe. He was shot down on the first daytime bombing mission to Berlin. He was held for nearly 14 months as a prisoner of war at STALAG LUFT III, IV and VI. — he was forced to make a 600-mile march in the middle of one of the coldest winters that Germany has seen in the last 100 years.