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Ford L Winchell Jr

Military

Shot down 8 November 1942 in B-17 41-24472 while serving as Tail Gunner. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

306th Bomb Group

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

369th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

41-24472

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 306th Bomb Group

Missions

VIII Bomber Command 17

Date: 8 November 1942
Official Description:

Places

Stalag Luft III

Site type: Prisoner of war camp
Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'

Thurleigh

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Bedford

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	Zagan, Poland	8 November 1942 - 14 June 1945	Held at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan-Silesia (now Poland) later moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 14-Jun-45.

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland

8 November 1942 - 14 June 1945

Held at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan-Silesia (now Poland) later moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 14-Jun-45.

Revisions

Date7 Jul 2023 22:27:24

Contributorjmoore43

Changes

Sources

Added an association to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Date22 Nov 2014 23:26:29

ContributorLee8thbuff

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lee Cunningham 22-Nov-2014. Added aircraft connection and POW event per MACR 16133 and National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database.

Date29 Oct 2014 23:22:33

ContributorLee8thbuff

Changes

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Lee Cunningham 29-Oct-2014. National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:09:41

ContributorAAM

Changes

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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 and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 44 , MACR 16133