Mitts, Wilbur Archie
Navy Aviation Radioman 1st class

Wilbur Archie Mitts from Monterey, California, Monterey county.

Parents: Mrs. June Mitts

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, September 10, 1944
Death details: Accounted for FEbruary 23, 2023. On September 10, 1944, a TBM-1 Avenger (Bureau Number 17018), with a crew of three, took off from the USS Enterprise for a strike mission against Japanese forces in the Palau Islands. The plane was last seen spinning violently before crashing into the water a few hundred feet from Malakal Island. All three members of the crew were lost in the incident.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency