Charles K Winn
MilitaryBTG, Owen Crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 25 July 1943 in B-17 #42-29976 "Sad Sack". Plane crashed into North Sea. MACR 128. Prisoner of War at Stalag XVIIB.
Paris, AR
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Units served with
- 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 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39173560
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-735967
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-736464
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot (2nd Lt)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15330207
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17054561
- Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sad Sack
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 25 July 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Metcalf, AZ | 23 October 1917 | |
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Enlisted |
Little Rock, AR | 17 June 1942 | Camp Joseph T Robinson |
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Other Prisoner of War |
Krems an der Donau, Austria | 25 July 1943 | Stalag XVIIB |
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Died |
Carlsbad, NM | 30 May 1986 | |
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Based Prisoner of War |
Ridgewell | 25 July 1943 | |
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Buried |
Carlsbad, NM | Sunset Gardens Cemetery Plot Southeast |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 128 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database