William Sherwood Winneshiek
MilitaryWilliam Winneshiek was a Pilot and one of the original members of 333rd BS, 94th BG. 43 x combat misions. He flew a second combat tour after serving for 18 months as Director of Operations in the Combat Crew Training School in Ireland and was then Operations Officer 333BS flying as Command Pilot.
4-Oct-43 crash landed on Kent coast in B17 42-3082 'Double Trouble'. Crew returned with S/Sgt Vance W. Van Hooser wounded.
His death on 1st February 1995 after a 10 year battle with cancer was reported by his widow Betti.
Awards: DFC (2OLC), AM (6OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x battle stars).
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38190145
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA | 10 May 1919 | Son of William Phineus and Marie Marguerite [Zerbe] Winneshiek. |
Enlisted |
Philadelphia, PA | 2 January 1942 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Other Discharged USAF |
30 November 1970 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Melbourne, FL | 1 February 1995 | |
Buried |
5 April 1995 | Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia Section: 36, Site: 1892 |
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Biography completed by historian Helen Millgate. Information sourced from newsletters of the 94th Bomb Group related to the service of William Winneshiek.
Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII; U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca. 1775-2006
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs by Bishop and Hey p. 305