Winsome Winn II
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Missing in action on 1st December 1943, See "The Flight of Eagles" for more information on its final moments and the fate of the crew.

Service Record

  1. First mission on record 15 May 1943 Emden
  2. 1 mission flown
  3. Crash-landed, location unknown 17 May 1943 Returning from Lorient
  4. 26 missions flown
  5. Missing in action, 1st December 1943 1 December 1943
Fate
Missing in action, 1st December 1943
Date
1 December 1943

Known mission list

DateCrewTargetNotes
15 May 1943 Emden
Aborted
R/E (NS) - oxygen leak
17 May 1943 W K Thomas (Pilot) Lorient Crashlanded in Southern England
11 Jun 1943 G A Tyler (Pilot) Wilhelmshaven
13 Jun 1943 W R McPherson (Pilot) Kiel
22 Jun 1943 -- Transferred to 384BG
10 Jul 1943 M S Willing (Pilot) Abbeville-Drucat
14 Jul 1943 M S Willing (Pilot), R A Martin (Co-Pilot) Villacoublay
24 Jul 1943 M S Willing (Pilot) Heroya
28 Jul 1943 M S Willing (Pilot) Kassel
30 Jul 1943 M S Willing (Pilot) Kassel
12 Aug 1943 M S Willing (Pilot) Ruhr (Bochum, Gelsinkirchen)
15 Aug 1943 M S Willing (Pilot) Amiens + Poix a/ds
16 Aug 1943 M S Willing (Pilot) Le Bourget
31 Aug 1943 M S Willing (Pilot) Romilly
Aborted
3 Sep 1943 M S Willing (Pilot) Romilly
Aborted
R/E - #4 eng cylinder blew
7 Sep 1943 J A Butler (Pilot) Brussels
Aborted
R/E - #4 runaway prop
9 Sep 1943 J A Butler (Pilot) Lille Vendeville + Vitry
16 Sep 1943 M S Willing (Pilot) Nantes Landed at RAF St Athan
2 Oct 1943 M S Willing (Pilot) Emden
Aborted
R/E (NS) - spare
4 Oct 1943 M S Willing (Pilot) Frankfurt Camera a/c
8 Oct 1943 M S Willing (Pilot) Bremen
14 Oct 1943 M S Willing (Pilot) Schweinfurt
Aborted
R/E (NS) -
20 Oct 1943 J L Bedsole (Pilot) Duren
3 Nov 1943 L Fields (Pilot) Wilhelmshaven
5 Nov 1943 D G Nelson (Pilot) Gelsenkirchen
26 Nov 1943 D G Nelson (Pilot) Bremen
29 Nov 1943 D G Nelson (Pilot) Bremen
1 Dec 1943 D G Nelson (Pilot), E L Smith (Co-Pilot) Solingen
Lost
MISSING -