Roy Richard Winn

Military
media-52747.jpeg UPL 52747 1st Lt Roy R Winn. 401BG.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 52747 - 1st Lt Roy R Winn. 401BG.

Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Don Currie crew. 37 x combat missions. ETD





Awards: AM (5OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14102782 / O-805408 / AO38157
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-348319
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot / Commanding Officer

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Bonnie Donnie
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Baby Lu III, Miss Manookie
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 401st Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron 612th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Ontario, Canada 9 July 1921 Son of Florence Winn.

Enlisted

Detroit, MI 22 June 1942 Detroit, Michigan

Died

18 October 2002

Buried

Fort Custer National Cemetery Augusta, Kalamazoo County, MI 21 October 2002 Fort Custer National Cemetery Augusta, Kalamazoo County, Michigan
Cruse, Detroit, Wayne, MI

Based

Deenethorpe Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Discharged USAAF

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=626

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