Note: Harrison K. Witte changed the spelling his last name to Wittee; and apparently the K. was a middle initial only.

born: 21 March 1917 Minonk, Woodford County, Illinois.

Class of 1935 Minonk High School, Illinois.

1938: married Miss Helena Hermine Ruestman

Employer: W.G. Sutton Coal Company, Minonk Township, Illinois.

16 Oct 1940: registered with the Woodford County Board for Selective Service (6'2" 185lbs).

1942: living in Houston, Texas.

Enlisted (ASN: 16104320) as an Aviation Cadet in the Army Air Corps on 10 February 1943 at the San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center, Texas.

Graduated Navigator School and was commissioned (O696002) a 2nd LT in the USAAF.

Sept 1943: Dual-rated (MOS 1036) after Bomb-Nav training at Roswell AAF, New Mexico.

Oct 1943: Aerial Gunnery School at Hondo AAF, Texas.

Spring of 1944: B-29 aircraft transition and combat crew training at Pratt Army Air Field, Kansas.

Special Orders #236-1 out-processed through Herington AAF, Kansas and deployed aboard B-29 "American Maid" A-SQ-7 to the Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO) in September 1944.

World War II Honoree (wwiimemorial.com)

ASN: O696002

Overseas American Cemeteries (wwiimemorial.com)

MACR 14593

O-696002Harrison K. Wittee 1Lt ILLINOIS 1-June-1945 B-29 #42-65348

Bombardier-Navigator (MOS 1036): Boeing B-29-30-MO Superfortress serial #42-65348, tail marking: A-Square-16, 20th Air Force, XXI Bomber Command, 73rd Bomb Wing, 497th Bombardment Group (VH), 869th Bomber Squadron stationed at Isley Airfield on Saipan in the Mariana Islands, Pacific Theatre of Operations.

On 1 June 1945, the aircraft was hit in the #1 engine over the target at Osaka, Japan.

According to a Japanese historian, the plane was shot down by fighters and crashed in a mountain south of Osaka.

1LT Harrison K. Wittee (1917-1945) - Find A Grave Memorial

Harrison K Wittee