42-31780 Windy Lou
452nd Bomb Group Assoc.
Delivered Denver 13/12/43; Kearney 31/12/43; Assigned 731BS/452BG Deopham Green 9/2/44; Missing in Action Frankfurt 5/11/44 with Bill Leith, Ball turret gunner: Ray Newton, Waist gunner: Frank Barra (3 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Ray Rowe, Navigator: George Keiser, Bombardier: Bill Stewart, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Fishbeck, Radio Operator: Jack Nunley,Tail gunner: Coy Newport (6 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Wachendorf, two miles S of Euskirchen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 10346. WINDY LOU.
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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: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12208374
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Top turret gunner/ flight engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19189833
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 5 November 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 10346 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database