John Knox Winchester
Military
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UPL 37895
"Four members of bomber crews, L - R: Cpl. M. Eusano, San Fernando, CA, 2nd Lt. Gerald G. Gille, Quincy, IL, 1st Lt. Dellas A. Brown, Roy, UT and 1st Lt. John K. Winchester, Clayton, NM, watch a worker operate one of the machines at an armament plant at London England. 14th December 1943."
Assigned to 66BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1-Aug-43, flying B-24 Liberator 41-23778. 33 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron Headquarters (44th Bomb Group)
- Service Numbers: 17062705 / O-?
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Jenny - Lady Luck
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Battleaxe
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: San Antonio Rose
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Myrtle The Fertile Turtle
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron 66th Bomb Squadron 67th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Clayton, NM | 4 April 1919 | Son of John C and Frances Alice [Knox] Winchester. |
Enlisted |
Santa Fe, NM | 3 February 1941 | Santa Fe, New Mexico |
Other Marriage |
Meade, KS | 19 August 1944 | Married Loreta Botkin. |
Died |
Clayton, NM | 6 January 1968 | |
Buried |
Clayton Cemetery Clayton, Union County, NM | 10 January 1968 | Clayton Cemetery Clayton, Union County, New Mexico |
Based |
Shipdham | Assigned to 66BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://8thairforce.com/44thbg/search/perlastname.asp