42-31780 Windy Lou

media-31085.jpeg UPL 31085

452nd Bomb Group Assoc.

Object Number - UPL 31085

Delivered Denver 13/12/43; Kearney 31/12/43; Assigned 731BS/452BG Deopham Green 9/2/44; Missing in Action Frankfurt 5/11/44 with Bill Leith, Ball turret gunner: Ray Newton, Waist gunner: Frank Barra (3 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Ray Rowe, Navigator: George Keiser, Bombardier: Bill Stewart, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Fishbeck, Radio Operator: Jack Nunley,Tail gunner: Coy Newport (6 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Wachendorf, two miles S of Euskirchen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 10346. WINDY LOU.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.

452nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Steve Andrychuk

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12208374
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Top turret gunner/ flight engineer

Frank Barra

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Laurence Robert Codeglia

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19189833
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Harold F Fishbeck

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

George S Keiser

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 5 November 1944

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 10346 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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