Ralph Nelson Winslow
Military
Object Number - UPL 60378 - 2nd Lt Ralph M. Winslow
Assigned to339BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 11 April 1944 in B-17 42-3322 'Full House'. Plane crashed into Baltic. Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: POW, EAME, WWII Victory.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Full House
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Fellows, California, USA | 7 May 1920 | |
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Enlisted |
Gardner Field, Taft, California | 9 April 1942 | Enlisted Gardner Field, Taft, California |
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Prisoner of war Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth Germany | 11 April 1944 - 1 May 1945 | Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12 |
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Died |
16 February 1977 | ||
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Buried |
Smith Mountain Cemetery Dinuba, California | 19 February 1977 | Interred Smith Mountain Cemetery Dinuba, Tulare County, California |
Revisions
Added POW Camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
https://aad.archives.gov/aad/display-partial-records.jsp?s=644&dt=3159&…
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3808 / MACR 3808; Snetterton Falcons, pg 123 & 131 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
