Sgt Bernard A. Winiger enlisted in Evansville, Indiana on 26 October 1942.
Mission: Bombing of the Braunkohle-Kraftstoffe A.G. - synthetic oil plant
The airplane received a direct flak hit between #1 and #2 engine. It was seen to smoke immediately. It then pulled off to the left, went down in a steep dive, and exploded about 15,000 feet in the air. Three parachutes were seen at the time the aircraft exploded as if men were blown out of the plane.
Three crew members survived and were taken prisoner, six were killed. They were initially buried at the POW Cemetery of Hoffnungstal on 28 October 1944.
17 flight engineer assigned to 303rd BG 358th BS, KIA on 11 oct 1944, mission to Wesseling, flying aboard 43-38200
He was a B-17 flight engineer assigned to 303rd BG 358th BS, KIA on 11 oct 1944, mission to Wesseling, flying aboard 43-38200
Mission: Bombing of the Braunkohle-Kraftstoffe A.G. - synthetic oil plant
The airplane received a direct flak hit between #1 and #2 engine. It was seen to smoke immediately. It then pulled off to the left, went down in a steep dive, and exploded about 15,000 feet in the air. Three parachutes were seen at the time the aircraft exploded as if men were blown out of the plane.
Three crew members survived and were taken prisoner, six were killed. They were initially buried at the POW Cemetery of Hoffnungstal on 28 October 1944.
17 flight engineer assigned to 303rd BG 358th BS, KIA on 11 oct 1944, mission to Wesseling, flying aboard 43-38200
He was a B-17 flight engineer assigned to 303rd BG 358th BS, KIA on 11 oct 1944, mission to Wesseling, flying aboard 43-38200
Sgt Bernard A. Winiger enlisted in Evansville, Indiana on 26 October 1942.
Mission: Bombing of the Braunkohle-Kraftstoffe A.G. - synthetic oil plant
The airplane received a direct flak hit between #1 and #2 engine. It was seen to smoke immediately. It then pulled off to the left, went down in a steep dive, and exploded about 15,000 feet in the air. Three parachutes were seen at the time the aircraft exploded as if men were blown out of the plane.
Three crew members survived and were taken prisoner, six were killed. They were initially buried at the POW Cemetery of Hoffnungstal on 28 October 1944.
17 flight engineer assigned to 303rd BG 358th BS, KIA on 11 oct 1944, mission to Wesseling, flying aboard 43-38200
He was a B-17 flight engineer assigned to 303rd BG 358th BS, KIA on 11 oct 1944, mission to Wesseling, flying aboard 43-38200
Mission: Bombing of the Braunkohle-Kraftstoffe A.G. - synthetic oil plant
The airplane received a direct flak hit between #1 and #2 engine. It was seen to smoke immediately. It then pulled off to the left, went down in a steep dive, and exploded about 15,000 feet in the air. Three parachutes were seen at the time the aircraft exploded as if men were blown out of the plane.
Three crew members survived and were taken prisoner, six were killed. They were initially buried at the POW Cemetery of Hoffnungstal on 28 October 1944.
17 flight engineer assigned to 303rd BG 358th BS, KIA on 11 oct 1944, mission to Wesseling, flying aboard 43-38200
He was a B-17 flight engineer assigned to 303rd BG 358th BS, KIA on 11 oct 1944, mission to Wesseling, flying aboard 43-38200
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Records on Ancestry
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1930 United States Federal Census
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1940 United States Federal Census
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U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949
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Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
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