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].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/wysiwyg_x2/public/freeman/media-413534.jpg.webp?itok=2iHr39D7)
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
- 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 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33286445
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32451413
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-677815
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16132482
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-685895
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
Missions
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Delivered |
Francis E. Warren AFB, WY, USA | 30 January 1943 | Delivered Cheyenne AAF 30-Jan-43. |
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Assigned |
Bangor International Airport, 103 Maineiac Ave, Bangor, ME 04401, USA | 24 April 1943 | Assigned to 334BS, 95BG Dow AAF 24-Apr-43. |
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Other Transited through Iceland |
Keflavík International Airport, 235, Iceland | 25 April 1943 | Meeks Field, Iceland. 25-Apr-43. |
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Assigned |
Ridgewell, Halstead CO9, UK | 15 June 1943 | Transferred to 534BS, 381BG, 8AF. 15-Jun-43. |
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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. |
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Manufactured |
Long Beach, CA, USA |