Wyndell was SSGT Service Number 18215993. His plane was shot down and his family was awarded the Purple Heart. He was a B-17 tail gunner, assigned to 351st BG 508th BS - KIA on 9 oct 1943, mission to Anklam, flying aboard 42-3152 "Sleepy Lagoon"
- patootie
351st.org website :
27 aug 1943 to Watten (France) as right waist gunner, aboard 42-5756 (idem)
9 sept 1943 to Lille (France) as nose gunner, aboard 42-29860 "Snoozin' Susan" (idem)
15 sept 1943 to Romilly sur Seine (France) as tail gunner, aboard 42-5756 (idem)
16 sept 1943 to Nantes (France) as tail gunner, aboard 42-5756 (idem)
26 sept 1943 to Meulan (France) as tail gunner, aboard 42-3140 (idem)
27 sept 1943 to Emden (Germany) as tail gunner, aboard 42-29860 (Capt Richard E Hathaway' crew)
2 oct 1943 to Emden (Germany) as tail gunner, aboard 42-29860 (2Lt Robert Y Fontaine' crew)
8 oct 1943 to Bremen (Germany) as right waist gunner, aboard 42-30780 "Eager Eagle II"(Capt Richard E Hathaway' crew)
9 oct 1943 to Anklam (Germany) as tail gunner, aboard 42-3152 "Sleepy Lagoon" (24th mission for this aircraft) (F/O William H Warring' crew, 4th mission for this pilot) : 9 prisonners of war, S/Sgt Wyndell H Killough was the only man killed in action
Info provided by Daniel Bon
Wyndell was SSGT Service Number 18215993. His plane was shot down and his family was awarded the Purple Heart. He was a B-17 tail gunner, assigned to 351st BG 508th BS - KIA on 9 oct 1943, mission to Anklam, flying aboard 42-3152 "Sleepy Lagoon"
- patootie
351st.org website :
27 aug 1943 to Watten (France) as right waist gunner, aboard 42-5756 (idem)
9 sept 1943 to Lille (France) as nose gunner, aboard 42-29860 "Snoozin' Susan" (idem)
15 sept 1943 to Romilly sur Seine (France) as tail gunner, aboard 42-5756 (idem)
16 sept 1943 to Nantes (France) as tail gunner, aboard 42-5756 (idem)
26 sept 1943 to Meulan (France) as tail gunner, aboard 42-3140 (idem)
27 sept 1943 to Emden (Germany) as tail gunner, aboard 42-29860 (Capt Richard E Hathaway' crew)
2 oct 1943 to Emden (Germany) as tail gunner, aboard 42-29860 (2Lt Robert Y Fontaine' crew)
8 oct 1943 to Bremen (Germany) as right waist gunner, aboard 42-30780 "Eager Eagle II"(Capt Richard E Hathaway' crew)
9 oct 1943 to Anklam (Germany) as tail gunner, aboard 42-3152 "Sleepy Lagoon" (24th mission for this aircraft) (F/O William H Warring' crew, 4th mission for this pilot) : 9 prisonners of war, S/Sgt Wyndell H Killough was the only man killed in action
Info provided by Daniel Bon
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