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Personal info

Full name
WINN, Richard Regan
Date of birth
29 December 1920
Age
23
Place of birth
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
Hometown
Rockingham County, New Hampshire

Military service

Service number
31109970
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
Unit
413th Bombardment Squadron,
96th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1944
Place of death
Near Lingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 41 57

Immediate family

Members
Roy F. Winn (father)
Margaret M. (Regan) Winn (mother)
Ralph L. Winn (brother)
Donald G. Winn (brother)
Virginia M. Winn (sister)
Philip J. Winn (brother)
Gerard Winn (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-30518
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Short Stride IV
Destination: Munster, Germany
MACR: 2016

More information

T/Sgt Richard R. Winn graduated Portsmouth High School in 1938. He was an assistant manager Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company.
He was inducted into the Army on 24 June 1942 at Manchester, New Hampshire. He was sent overseas in July, 1943.
Collided with aircraft 42-5953, both going down.

On the mission to Munster, Germany, 1LT James McLean was piloting ShortStride IV and 2LT George Davis was in command of Skin and Bones. The sun momentarily blinded them when they turned toward the target. Seventeen young American airmen were killed in the resulting crash. Three airmen survived to become prisoners of war.

T/Sgt Richard R. Winn was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Ardennes, Belgium Block HH, Row 6, Grave 132.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - U.S.,
Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, http://96bg.org, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Jac Engels, http://96bg.org