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Orvis N. Fitts

LCDR · USN/USNR

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Orvis N. Fitts

LCDR · USN/USNR

01/07/1942 – 07/01/1964

Overland Park, KS

Service Details

School / Education

St. Olaf College MN

Pilot Designation

Patrol Plane CDR

Highest Designation

Dist. Flying Cross

Service Years

01/07/1942 – 07/01/1964

Theaters of Service

Pacific/Philippines

Aircraft Flown

PB4Y-2 PB4Y-1 PBY OS2U SNB

Duty Assignments

VPB-117
OIC Cadet Squad. 18A Corpus Christi

Service Organizations

Assn. of Nav Aviation
Military Officers Assn.
American Legion
Naval Aviation Museum Fdn.
US Naval Institute

Achievements & Story

Staff pilot, Rear Admiral Earnest L.Gunther. United States Pacific Fleet Air Force, Facific Fleet Subordinate Command, Forward Area, based on the Island of Guam. Flight Instructor President Heart of America Chapter. Historian- Mississippi area.OIC Cadet Squad based out of Corpus Christi CNATRA.