View a eulogy for Robert Oliver Littell, USMA '49, who passed away on February 24, 1958.
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Robert Oliver Littell
West Point, 1949
Be Thou At Peace
Posted by Terry Powers on November 8, 2022:
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USMA Class of 1949. Killed in the crash of a T-33A jet trainer near Atolia, CA, Edwards AFB. Born in Pittsburg, PA Feb May 10, 1926. In WWII enlisted at age 17, 30 June 1943 to 8 June 1945. Married Claire Daschbach on 8 June, 1949 at West Point, N. Y. in the Holy Trinity Chapel Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with 20 combat missions in the Korean War. Outstanding graduate of Class 56-D of the USAF Experimental Flight Test Pilot School Edwards AFB and was assigned there as an Stability and Control Instructor. He was survived by his mother and father, wife, 4 children, Christine, Suzanne, Robert, and John. Sources: Memorial Article Assembly Fall 1958, page 87 - digital-library.usma.edu/digital/collection/assembly/id/8270 Pennsylvania, U.S., Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, 1950-1966 Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Thursday, June 09, 1949 The Pittsburgh Press Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Tuesday, February 25, 1958 HISTORY OF THE USAF EXPERIMENTAL FLIGHT TEST PILOT SCHOOL 4 FEBRUARY 1951-12 OCTOBER 1961 - apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/AD0400112.pdf |
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