Name:
John Drake Bittner
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Serial Number:
R/137089
Unit:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Date of Death:
1943-01-29
State:
Minnesota
Cemetery:
Higher Cemetery, Exeter, City of Exeter, Devon, England
Plot:
Section Z
Row:
K
Grave:
29
Decoration:
Comments:
John Drake Bittner was born on December 21, 1917, in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. He was the son of John Henry Bittner and Fern Edith Drake Bittner.
Serving as a Flight Sergeant in the 420 Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II, Bittner was Killed in Action on January 29, 1943, when his Vickers Wellington III #DF626 aircraft crashed in Exeter, England.