Patrick McDonald Winzey

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 x combat missions. Shot down 11-Sep-44 in B-17 42-31091 'Maggie'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8920

Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.

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Units served with

401st Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

615th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Milton Rex Wingard

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-440624
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-31091

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Maggie
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

Places

Bomber crews from the 401st Bomb Group look over P-51 Mustang, FT-T, serial number 43-12172, of the 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, at Deenethorpe airfield. One of their B-17 Flying Fortresses is in the background. Printed caption on reverse of print: '...401st Bomb Group look over a North American P-51 Mustang at an 8th Air Force base in England, 27 December 1943.'

Deenethorpe

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Benefield

Netherlands American Cemetery

Site type: Cemetery
Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Brooklyn, Kings County, NY	17 March 1925	Son of Arthur M and Veronica Winzey.
Enlisted	New York City, NY	13 July 1943	New York City, New York
Died	Pegau, Germany	11 September 1944	Shot down 11-Sep-44 in B-17 42-31091 'Maggie'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8920
Based Prisoner of War (POW)	Deenethorpe	11 September 1944	Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.
Buried	Netherlands American Cemetery		Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Plot B Row 7 Grave 10

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Date28 Oct 2021 22:04:25

ContributorAl_Skiff

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Date27 Sep 2014 18:21:03

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8920 / MACR 8920, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=3148 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database