MAJ Frank Winkler (1913-1944) - Find a Grave Memorial

MAJ Frank Winkler

Birth

13 Dec 1913

Death

2 Jan 1944 (aged 30)

Sacramento County, California, USA

Burial

Lincoln Memorial Park

Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA Add to Map

Plot

Veterans Sec., Area 2, Row 7, Spc 141

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Major Winkler was a passenger aboard U.S. Army Air Corps B-17G Flying Fortress #42-40024.

During a flight from McChord Airfield in Washington to Kingman, Arizona, the bomber experienced structural failures due to severe icing conditions, and crashed near McClellan Field in Sacramento before it could make an emergency landing.

All thirteen Army personnel aboard perished.

Killed aboard were:

Capt. Fred M Klopfenstein (pilot)
2nd Lt. Charles W Williams (co-pilot)
2nd Lt. Frank J Baker
2nd Lt. James L Battle
Capt. William L McCurdy
2nd Lt. Thomas A Quirk
2nd Lt. Arthur H Thompson
2nd Lt. James S Randall
T/Sgt. Gerald Z Bearg
Cpl. Roy D Glaser
Cpl. Lloyd W Krohn
Pvt. Clifford J Tuck

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Mary Caroline Hanni Breuss Winkler

John Breuss

Lena Winkler Stanley

Julia Winkler Laycock

Elsie Mary Rosswog

Hattie Patricia Winkler Winkler

Rose Caroline Winkler Schultz

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John Breuss

Lena Winkler Stanley

Julia Winkler Laycock

Elsie Mary Rosswog

Hattie Patricia Winkler Winkler

Rose Caroline Winkler Schultz

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