Winthrop T Frazee
Military ROLL OF HONOURLt. Winthrop T. Frazee served as the bombardier on the B-24D, 41-23808, Texan. The aircraft crash landed in a field near Aberporth Airfield, Cardiganshire, U.K. returning from it's target, the U Boat submarine pens at St. Nazaire, France. A fuel shortage in the plane caused the crash. 11 RTD. 3 Jan 43. No MACR issued.
While again serving as the bombardier on the B-24D, 41-23818, named, Texan II, Lt. Frazee's plane sustained a mid-air collision with the B-24D, 42-40354, named, Snafu, from the 44th Bomb Group, and the 66th Bomb Squadron, shortly after leaving the English coast off of Selsey Bill, Sussex, and crashed into the English Channel, after the aircraft was again dispatched to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. 16 Feb 43.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Missions
![B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group fly over countryside. Image stamped on reverse: 'Planet News.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 16 Feb 1943.' [stamp] Printed caption on reverse: '7-12 Liberator planes of U.S. Bomber Command in flight at the start of an operational patrol from their base "somewhere in England". And February 17th 1943 PN'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379113.jpg.webp?itok=PMFn3r3H)
- Date: 16 February 1943
- Date: 3 January 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Returned to Duty (RTD) |
Aberporth, Ceredigion, UK | 3 January 1943 | On 3-Jan-43 while serving as Bombardier on B-24D 41-23808 'Texan' the aircraft made a crash-landing in a field near Aberporth airfield, Cardiganshire when it ran out of fuel upon retunr from a mission to St. Nazaire, France. |
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Born |
Buffalo, New York, USA | ||
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
English Channel | 16 February 1943 | Killed when the aircraft sustained a mid-air collision with B-24D 42-40354 'Snufu' 44BG/66BS shortly after leaving the English coast off of Selsey Bill, Sussex and crashed into the Channel. Aircraft was despatched to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. His remains were never recovered. |
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Other Commemorated |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery. |
Revisions
Removed punctuation marks from around aircraft names, for clarity, uniformity, and readability. - Kickapoo
Removed punctuation marks from around aircraft names, for clarity, uniformity, and readability. - Kickapoo
Lee Cunningham 31-Jan-2015. Added Decorations and Commemorated even per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record,; verified SN and added KIA event per MACR 4697; made connections to Place, 2 Aircraft and 2 Missions within existing website data; Edited Biography for chronological order and added target and loss details per "Losses of the 8th 7 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4697 & 3302 A / MACR 4697, Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey pp. 61-62, 79; 44th BG Roll of Honor and Casualties by Lundy pp. 41, 50, The 44th BG in WWII by MacKay and Adams pp.27, 32. / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database