Frederick Harvey Windham

Military

Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 4 x combat missions. Shot down 28-May-44 in B-17 42-102647 'BTO In the ETO'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 5305.



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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People

Angelo J Melito

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Leonard August Mihalich

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13156472
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Floyd Oliver Miller

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14151511
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Robert W Rittmaier

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Frederick Harvey Windham

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-804442
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Novice, Texas 8 May 1916 Son of Willis Windham.

Other

Baled out

14823 Niemegk, Germany 28 May 1944 Shot down 28-May-44 in B-17 42-102647 'BTO In the ETO'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 5305.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 28 May 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Died

Kent, WA, USA 7 May 1988

Based

Deenethorpe 28 May 1944 Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Clyde, TX 79510, USA Tecumseh Cemetery Clyde Callahan County Texas USA

Revisions

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Sources

http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=42-102647&Submit6=Go
https://www.fold3.com/image/28633435
https://www.fold3.com/record/626497990-frederick-windham-1916
https://www.fold3.com/record/70868197-frederick-h-windham
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=186
Mission 376: Battle Over the Reich, May 28, 1944 By Ivo de Jong
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31009227/frederick-harvey-windham

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5305, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=186