Name | Jackson, Winthrop Alsop, Jr |
Rank | Second Lieutenant / First Lieutenant |
Serial Number | O-684470 |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #146 dated 17 November 1943, effective 17 November 1943. |
Duty | Co-pilot / Pilot |
MOS | 1091 - Pilot, B-17 |
Last Duty Date | 7 August 1944 |
Results | Wounded In Action |
Decorations | Awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received on 8 May 1944 per General Orders #6, Headquarters, 38th Station Hospital dated 10 May 1944. |
Additional Information |
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Related Documents | Missing Air Crew Report # 1768⇓ (1.636 MB) |
Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
---|---|---|
2nd Lt. Clayton, John Earl⇗ | Pilot | CT |
2nd Lt. Jackson, Winthrop Alsop, Jr | Co-pilot | WIA |
2nd Lt. Uniszkiewicz, Joseph Kenneth⇗ | Navigator | KIA |
2nd Lt. Dolf, Richard Merle⇗ | Bombardier | WIA |
S/SGT. Lisenby, Miles Frederick, "Lis"⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | TR |
S/SGT. Watenpool, Jerome Francis⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | CT |
S/SGT. Cameron, Francis Raymond⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | CT |
SGT. Boydston, Elmer Dean, "Kansas"⇗ | Tail Gunner | CT |
SGT. Koscheski, Clyde Anderson⇗ | Flexible Gunner | CT |
SGT. Lewandowski, Thomas Michael⇗ | Flexible Gunner | CT |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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46⇗ | 24 December 1943 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Croisette, France |
Co-pilot | 42‑39888⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
47⇗ | 30 December 1943 |
Target: I. G. Farben Industrie, Chemical/Synthetic Rubber Plants Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑31274⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Composite Squadron Ldr; mechanical fault; 15 mins over France #1 prop ran away, threw chunks of cowling, and caught on fire; MACR 1768; ditched in Channel at 1125 hrs; nine crew picked up, one missing; crew at Swanley Manor Hospital in Lewes. Sortie Report⇗ |
53⇗ | 14 January 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Le Meillard, France |
Co-pilot | 42‑31364⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
55⇗ | 29 January 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Parts Plants Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑37982⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead group. Sortie Report⇗ |
56⇗ | 30 January 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑37982⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low group. Sortie Report⇗ |
58⇗ | 4 February 1944 |
Target: Alfred Teves Main Works: Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑30026⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off High group, 41st B Combat Wing. Turned back at 1035 hrs because #2 prop and supercharger ran away at altitude. Sortie Report⇗ |
59⇗ | 5 February 1944 |
Target: Bricy Aerodrome, Luftwaffe Training and Bomber Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Orleans, France |
Co-pilot | 42‑39809⇗ |
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed Sortie Report⇗ |
63⇗ | 20 February 1944 |
Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Leipzig & Bernburg, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑37776⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off 41A Group. Turned back; #2 supercharger ran away. Sortie Report⇗ |
64⇗ | 21 February 1944 |
Target: Fighter Field & Aircraft Storage Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Werl, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑29651⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Returned Early B Group, Low Squadron. Turned back due to multiple technical failures. Sortie Report⇗ |
68⇗ | 28 February 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Preuseville, France |
Co-pilot | 42‑37785⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
77⇗ | 19 March 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-2 Storage and Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Wizernes, France |
Co-pilot | 42‑37982⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Forced out of formation after first bomb run due to loss of #4 engine; did not bomb. Sortie Report⇗ |
79⇗ | 22 March 1944 |
Target: Heinkel Aircraft Assembly Plant at Annahof Airfield Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oranienburg, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑37785⇗ |
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed Sortie Report⇗ |
83⇗ | 27 March 1944 |
Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Tours & Chartres, France |
Co-pilot | 42‑31346⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 94 Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
84⇗ | 28 March 1944 |
Target: Dijon-Longvic Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Dijon, France |
Co-pilot | 42‑97136⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
85⇗ | 29 March 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑31346⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
86⇗ | 9 April 1944 |
Target: FW-190 Fighter Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Marienburg, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑37982⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Halesworth, Suffolk, on return due to low fuel. Sortie Report⇗ |
88⇗ | 11 April 1944 |
Target: FW Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Sorau, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑32106⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑37982. Sortie Report⇗ |
90⇗ | 18 April 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oranienburg, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑37982⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
91⇗ | 19 April 1944 |
Target: Fieseler Aircraft Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel (Waldau), Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑37982⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
92⇗ | 20 April 1944 |
Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Sottevast, France |
Co-pilot | 42‑37982⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit B Wing, High Group, High Squadron Deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
93⇗ | 22 April 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Hamm, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑31435⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
94⇗ | 24 April 1944 |
Target: Dornier-Werke GMBH Aircraft Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑37785⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑37789. Sortie Report⇗ |
95⇗ | 25 April 1944 |
Target: Metz-Frescaty Airdrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Metz, France |
Co-pilot | 42‑37758⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
96⇗ | 27 April 1944 |
Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Sottevast, France |
Co-pilot | 42‑37982⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
100⇗ | 4 May 1944 |
Target: Friedrichstrasse Railroad Station Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑97188⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
101⇗ | 7 May 1944 |
Target: Friedrichstrasse Railroad Station Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑37974⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
103⇗ | 8 May 1944 |
Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Sottevast, France |
Pilot | 42‑97510⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Bombed target; landed away at RAF Ford, West Sussex, with #4 engine out and pilot wounded by flak. Sortie Report⇗ |