Frederick C Windmayer
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Bert Stewart's Albums
Object Number - UPL 56474 - Posed photos of eight seated US pilots. Name boards for: C.W. Reed, F.A. Yochim, Y.C. Slade, L.A. Schreiber, F.C. Windmayer, C.J. Hoey. Two...
Killed in Action (KIA) on 29-Nov-43 as pilot of P-47D 42-7893, 56FG/63FS on a mission to provide penetration support to bombers attacking at Bremen, Germany. The aircraft sustained a mechanical malfunction and crashed into the sea 20 miles west of Ijmuiden, Holland.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 29 November 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Holton
Events
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North Sea | 29 November 1943 | Killed when aircraft crashed into the sea 20 miles west of Ijmuiden, Holland after sustaining a mechanical malfunction. |
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Other Commemorted |
Netherlands American Cemetery, AM Begraafplaats 1, 6269 NA Margraten | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Netherlands American Cemetery. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 18-Jul-2015. Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Added KIA event per MACR 1278; Added Description based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1278 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
