James Leonard Wynkoop
MilitaryAssigned to 815BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Memmingen in B-17G 44-6177 'Dry Run' 18-Jul-44 hit by enemy aircraft, crashed Ravensburg; Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 7099
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19047877 / O-689420
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Dry Run
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Rimersburg, PA | 29 April 1924 | Son of William D and Gertrude V [Summers] Wynkoop. |
Enlisted |
15 December 1942 | ||
Other Baled out POW |
18 July 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Memmingen in B-17G 44-6177 'Dry Run' 18-Jul-44 hit by enemy aircraft, crashed Ravensburg; POW. MACR 7099 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 18 July 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Other Discharged USAAF |
11 April 1946 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Tylersburg, PA | 3 May 1993 | |
Buried |
Tylersburg Cemetery, PA | 8 May 1993 | Tylersburg Cemetery Tylersburg, Clarion County, PA |
Eerie, PA | |||
Based |
Sterparone | 18 July 1944 | Assigned to 815BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. |
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