Edward P Winslow

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Object Number - UPL 12815

Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #42-2990 'Dame Satan', Prisoner of War (POW).



Winslow was shot down near Brussels and broke his leg upon landing. A local farmer found him and told him to lie low until a German search party had passed. The farmer then returned and carried him to a shed behind his barn. That evening he was transported on a home-made stretcher to a larger farm and put to bed to await the doctor who put his leg in a cast. He was then moved several times in makeshift ambulances, eventually staying with an elderly couple for two months, being treated as though he was their own son. One day he got a visit from a member of the Resistance movement -L'Arme Blanche - who told him about the rest of his crew. Some months after the crash, when his leg had healed, he was moved - with another escapee - to the town of Ath, where they were treated royally. A week later a man and an 'attractive' girl came to escort them to Brussels. The girl came on the train with them and, in Brussels, handed them over to two men who - it turned out - were agents of the Gestapo. Winslow arrived at Stalag Luft 1 on 4th December 1943, where he was to spend the rest of the war.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32392925
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19092104 and O-734080
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19071594
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

Bob Campbell Crew
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Dame Satan
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Evaded (EVD)

Belgium 17 August 1943

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 4 December 1943 Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12

Born

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Added an Evaded event per info in the "Summary biography".

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Removed punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Biography completed by historian Helen Millgate. Information sourced from newsletters of the 91st Bomb Group related to the service of Edward Winslow.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 277 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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