42-3078 Winsome Winn
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Delivered Cheyenne 30/1/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG Dow Fd 24/4/43; 4m, transferred 100BG /43; 534BS/381BG [GD-M] 15/6/43; 2SAD 13/11/43 ret 15/11/43;
Missing in Action 12+m Ludwigshafen 7/1/44 with Arden Wilson, Co-pilot: Don McDonald, Navigator: Joe Connolly, Bombardier: Harry Ullom, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Embach, Ball turret gunner: Bob Geraghty, Waist gunner: George Hawkins, Waist gunner: Walt Sussek (8 Prisoner of War), Radio Operator: Pete Kucher,Tail gunner: Tony Grecochute failed (2 Killed in Action); initially hit by flak in 1 x engine [smoking], subsequently set upon by 3 x enemy aircraft, crashed Schiffweiler, near Saarbrucken, Germany. MACR 1873. WINSOME WINN.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Depot
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Maintenance
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-739544
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36533448
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12160072
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11031365
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35208958
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 7 January 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Delivered |
Francis E. Warren AFB, WY, USA | 30 January 1943 | Delivered Cheyenne AAF 30-Jan-43. |
Assigned |
Bangor International Airport, 103 Maineiac Ave, Bangor, ME 04401, USA | 24 April 1943 | Assigned to 334BS, 95BG Dow AAF 24-Apr-43. |
Other Transited through Iceland |
Keflavík International Airport, 235, Iceland | 25 April 1943 | Meeks Field, Iceland. 25-Apr-43. |
Assigned |
Ridgewell, Halstead CO9, UK | 15 June 1943 | Transferred to 534BS, 381BG, 8AF. 15-Jun-43. |
Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
66578 Schiffweiler, Germany | 7 January 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Ludwigshafen mission. Hit by flak & enemy aircraft, crashed Schiffweiler, near Saarbrucken. 8 x POW, 2 x KIA. MACR 1873. |
Manufactured |
Long Beach, CA, USA |