Lee L Winters
MilitaryKilled in Action (KIA) 26-Feb-43 in B-17F #42-5056, 305BG/364BS while serving as Bombardier. The aircraft was shot down by German fighters and crashed into the North Sea between the Frisian Islands and Helgoland, Germany while on a mission to Wilhelmshaven.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Devil's Playmate
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 26 February 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Helgoland, Germany | 26 February 1943 | Killed when the aircraft was shot down by Germany fighters and crashed into the North Sea between the Frisian Islands and Helgoland, Germany. His remains have never been recovered. |
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Other Commemorated |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery. |
Revisions
Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography" - "North" was misspelled.
Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography" - "North" was misspelled.
Lee Cunningham 21-Jun-2015. Added decorations and Commemorated event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) records; MACR 15120; Made connentions to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; Added KIA event and location; Added Summary Biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; and MACR 15120.
MACR 15120 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database