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Personal info

Full name
WINHAM, Harrie A
Date of birth
1919
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
O-423389
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
382nd Fighter Squadron,
363rd Fighter Group
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 June 1944
Place of death
Les Andelys, southwest of Beauvais, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 12 35

Immediate family

Members
Arthur J. Winham (father)
Ella F. Winham (mother)
Arthur J. Winham (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-103338
Data
Type: P-51C-7
Destination: Not available
Mission: Not available
MACR: 6188

More information

Harrie Winham graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, Class of 1941.

He joined the U.S. Army Reserve and was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1941.

While he was stationed in England he tried several times to meet up with his brother, Capt Arthur J. Winham who served with the Army Medical Corps, but because of D-Day preparations they never had the opportunity.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census

Photo source: -, www.newspapers.com - The Philadelphia Inquirer, Arie-Jan Van Hees - Pilot 42-K, Victory Field, Texas