42-3078 Winsome Winn

A B-17 Flying Fortress (GD-M, serial number 42-3078) of the 534th Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group in flight. Handwritten caption on reverse: '381st BG.' On reverse: George J. Letzter [Stamp]. media-413534.jpg FRE 4850 A B-17 Flying Fortress (GD-M, serial number 42-3078) of the 534th Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group in flight. Handwritten caption on reverse: '381st BG.' On reverse: George J. Letzter [Stamp]. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 4850 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (GD-M, serial number 42-3078) of the 534th Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group in flight. Handwritten caption on reverse: '381st...

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

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • 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
Sgt. John “Jack” Francis Embach
  • 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

Missions

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

Revisions

Date
ContributorSpooner
Changes
Sources

Rick Williams Personal Collection

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Added nickname to nickname field.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1873 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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