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GOODWIN, Wayne Ross - Date of
birth
24 November 1915 -
Age
28 - Place of
birth
Claremore, Rogers County, Oklahoma -
Hometown
Claremore, Rogers County, Oklahoma
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-688430 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Navigator -
Unit
614th Bombardment Squadron,
401st Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
4 February 1944 - Place of
death
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Sam H. Goodwin (father)
Mary E. (Cannon) Goodwin (mother)
Jewell Goodwin (sister)
Harley H. Goodwin (brother)
Bert Goodwin (brother)
Louise Goodwin (sister)
Paul Goodwin (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-31036 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Nobody's Baby
Destination: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the railroad yards
MACR: 2285
More information
Pfc Wayne R. Goodwin attended Oklahoma Military Academy.He joined the Air Corps of the Regular Army in Tulsa, Oklahoma on 5 November 1940.
The aircraft was apparently hit by flak, was straggling some 4,000 feet lower than the formation (about 18,000 feet). All four engines were turning over and the aircraft seemed to be under control. Flak was bursting around it when it was last seen.
The entire crew of 10 men was killed. Eight of them are remembered at the Walls of the Missing at Margraten; Two, Frank J. Zitkovic and Bascom O. Clifton, are remembered at the Walls of the Missing at Cambridge Cemetery.
The picture was taken at the military academy in 1934.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - Rich Family Tree, http://www.remember-our-heroes.nl/goodwin.htm
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Oklahoma Military Academy yearbook 1934