Roy Alan Vinnedge
MilitaryBack L-R: Sgt. Raymond Wisdahl (BT), SSgt. Lester Walcott (TT), 1st Lt. Robert Mechling (B), 1st Lt. William Jackson (N), Sgt. Frank Rock (FG), Capt. Roy Vinnedge (P).
Front L-R: TSgt. Ralph Knowles Jr. (FG), 1st Lt. Glenn June (CA/CP), 2nd Lt. Marion Endelicato (OBS/TG), SSgt. Stanley Burek (RO).
The Quentin Bland Collection.
https://photos.384thbombgroup.com/picture.php?/35706/category/LeadCrews
He did two tours of duty. The first was as pilot in the 306th BG and completed 25 missions by July 1943.
Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 546th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #140 dated 17 July 1944, as crew pilot. Transferred to the 547th BS on Station 106 Special Order #195 dated 2 October 1944. He completed 27 missions with the 384th BG.
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- 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: 306th Bomb Group
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-733600
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-644869
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-448461
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Intelligence
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Texas, USA | 1 August 1916 | |
Enlisted |
Dallas, TX, USA | 2 November 1941 | RESIDENCE: Grayson County Enlisted ASN: 18065583 Aviation cadet |
Died |
Texas, USA | 16 May 1964 | Death: Jan. 17, 1964 Burial: Fairview Cemetery Denison Grayson County Texas, USA |
Revisions
306th BGA Collection, Combat Crews pg. 116
http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia