Alfred I Windle
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
[ 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. ]
Added photo
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
- 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: 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
- Date: 31 March 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Missouri, United States | 28 May 1920 | the son of Glenn and Jewel Windle |
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Enlisted |
Jefferson Barracks, St Louis, Missouri, United States | 16 August 1941 | |
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Other Missing In Action (MIA) |
31 March 1943 | On board B-24 # 41-24025 when it was lost in the North Sea | |
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Other on the coast of Kent, United Kingdom |
on the coast of Kent, United Kingdom | 23 July 1943 | Alfred Windles' body washed ashore |
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Born |
Galena Township, Jasper County, Missouri, United States | ||
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Buried |
Mount Hope Cemetery, Webb City, Missouri, United States |
Revisions
I am his Great Nephew, Charles A. Youngblood. Grandson to his Sister Glen Dana Windle Youngblood.
NARA WWII Enlistment records
US 1940 Census
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
