Winford Robert Pace
Military
Object Number - UPL 23247 - 453rd Bomb Group sergeants Wilbur Stites and Winford Pace with an unknown girlfriend.
Assigned to 734BS, 453BG, 8AF USAAF. On 17-Oct-44 on mission to Cologne in B-24 42-95312, A/C received flak damage causing fuel to leak. After 3 engines quit crew bailed out inside friendly lines and all returned to duty RTD. ETD
Awards: AM (4OLC), PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![A bomber crew of the 453rd Bomb Group wait on a jeep. Letter enclosed with print: '[Left to Right] James E Terwilliger- Waist Gunner, Luhter M Clark- Co-pilot, Carl Powell- Navigator, Lattie P Head- Nose Gunner, Nicholas Radosevich- Pilot, Edmund M Survilla- Tail Gunner, Lt ? Lee- Bombardier (Robert Burgess was the Bombardier on the original crew), Joseph D Craft- Radio operator, Robert Victor- Waist Gunner, Robert O Hanson- Engineer- Top Turret. Original Cadre- Model (Crew #41) 734th Squadron, 453rd Bomb](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380672.jpg.webp?itok=L5hegKpe)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 734th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19128611 / O-699686
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Lucky Penny
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 734th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Salem, Dent County, MO | 23 May 1918 | John Clarence and Jessie Estella [Watkins] Pace. |
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Enlisted |
St Louis, MO | 8 July 1942 | St Louis, Missouri |
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Other Baled out RTD |
Spa, Belgium | 17 October 1944 | On 17-Oct-44 on mission to Cologne in B-24 42-95312, AC received flak damage causing fuel to leak. After 3 engines quit crew baled out inside friendly lines and all returned to duty RTD. |
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Died |
Salem, Dent County, MO | 19 January 2008 | |
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Buried |
Cedar Grove Cemetery Salem, Dent County, MO | 23 January 2008 | Cedar Grove Cemetery Salem, Dent County, Missouri |
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Based |
Old Buckenham | Assigned to 734BS, 453BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Added a "#' to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Page 372 in the book 2ND AIR DIVISION by Turner Publishing Company, 1998 edition (D790.A2S45)
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The Liberator Men of Old Buc
