Laurie VanWinkle

Military
media-14539.jpeg UPL 14539 Crew #557
Donald L. Poutry Crew
466th BG - 785th BS

Standing Left to Right: Harold Westby (B), Fred M. Coon (N), James Lorenz (CP), Donald L. Poutry (P)

Kneeling Left to Right: Stewart Fielden (TG), Laurie Van Winkle (TT), William Becket (WG), Robert Moushon (R/O), Forrest Crute (FE), Carl Crawford (NG)

Poutry was relieved of command of this crew and reassigned to ground job in the 786th BS after one mission. Clyde Shrum (Co-Pilot on the Fred McConnell Crew) took over and led the crew for 4 missions. So began the odyssey for this crew. They were led successively by Thomas McKiernan (6 Missions as Crew #569), Robert Yelton (6 missions as Crew #574) and Bernard J. Smolka (20 missions as Crew #574.) Lorenz also flew several missions with new crews, taking them into combat on their first missions.

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 14539 - Crew #557 Donald L. Poutry Crew 466th BG - 785th BS Standing Left to Right: Harold Westby (B), Fred M. Coon (N), James Lorenz (CP), Donald L....

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Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'

466th Bomb Group

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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Canton, South Dakota 21 February 1922

Died

28 July 2003

Buried

Billings, Montana

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / son

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