Alfred I Windle

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-20446.png UPL 20446 Official USAAF photo 23108 AC. Original caption : “Left to right: Sgt Jack E. Bazer, Arnegard, N. Dakota; Sgt. Clarence A. Asbell, Cave In Rock, Ill., Sgt Chas. E. Anthony, Queenstown, Maryland; T/Sgt Alfred I. Windle, Oswego, Kan.; and S/Sgt Philip H. Salamon, all of whom received Air Medals.”
[ Awards ceremony in Cairo, Egypt, North Africa – photo sent on 3 March 1943 through Evaluation Unit, AAF from 9th Combat Camera Unit, Cairo, Egypt. All were members of the 93rd Bomb Group. ]

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Object Number - UPL 20446 - Official USAAF photo 23108 AC. Original caption : “Left to right: Sgt Jack E. Bazer, Arnegard, N. Dakota; Sgt. Clarence A. Asbell, Cave In Rock,...

Alfred Windle was Engineer/Top Turret gunner on B-24 #41-24025 'Satan's Chariot' on the 31 March 1943 mission to Rotterdam. The plane was last seen heading for England and was lost in the North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). His body was washed ashore on 23 July 1943 on the coast of Kent, United Kingdom and brought back to the United States for proper burial.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35259633
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16019012 and O-442942
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14057097
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11044159
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16023523
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Satan's Chariot
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Missouri, United States 28 May 1920 the son of Glenn and Jewel Windle

Enlisted

Jefferson Barracks, St Louis, Missouri, United States 16 August 1941

Other

Missing In Action (MIA)

31 March 1943 On board B-24 # 41-24025 when it was lost in the North Sea

Other

on the coast of Kent, United Kingdom

on the coast of Kent, United Kingdom 23 July 1943 Alfred Windles' body washed ashore

Born

Galena Township, Jasper County, Missouri, United States

Buried

Mount Hope Cemetery, Webb City, Missouri, United States

Revisions

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ContributorMrYoungblood
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I am his Great Nephew, Charles A. Youngblood. Grandson to his Sister Glen Dana Windle Youngblood. 

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ContributorED-BB
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NARA WWII Enlistment records
US 1940 Census

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey, p. 94, Ted's Travelling Circus by Carroll (Cal) Stewart, p. 89

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