Jackson, Winthrop Alsop, Jr

Individual Personnel Data
Name Jackson, Winthrop Alsop, Jr
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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
MOS1091 - Pilot, B-17
Last Duty Date 7 August 1944
Results Wounded In Action
DecorationsAwarded the Purple Heart for wounds received on 8 May 1944 per General Orders #6, Headquarters, 38th Station Hospital dated 10 May 1944.
Additional Information
  • Date of Birth: 9 December 1915
  • Ditched/rescued on 30 December 1943 (MACR 1768).
  • 544th Unit History, May 1944 (microfilm A0640-01445): '2Lt. Jackson, Winthrop A. Jr., Pilot of Crew #40 on the 8th May raid on Sottevast, was hit in the leg by flak and hospitalized at Winchester, near where his crippled plane landed after the raid. At This writing [early June 1944] he is still hospitalized.'
  • 544th Unit History, 7 August 1944 (microfilm A0640-01468): '1st Lt. Winthrop A. Jackson who had been previously wounded in action, was lost to the unit when he was transferred to the Det. of patients of 4168 U S Army Hospital Plant and departed on this date.'
Related Documents Missing Air Crew Report # 1768⇓ (1.636 MB)
Photo Album:Crew Photo Album⇗
Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER POSITION RESULTS
2nd Lt. Clayton, John Earl⇗PilotCT
2nd Lt. Jackson, Winthrop Alsop, JrCo-pilotWIA
2nd Lt. Uniszkiewicz, Joseph Kenneth⇗NavigatorKIA
2nd Lt. Dolf, Richard Merle⇗BombardierWIA
S/SGT. Lisenby, Miles Frederick, "Lis"⇗Radio Operator / GunnerTR
S/SGT. Watenpool, Jerome Francis⇗Engineer / Top Turret GunnerCT
S/SGT. Cameron, Francis Raymond⇗Ball Turret GunnerCT
SGT. Boydston, Elmer Dean, "Kansas"⇗Tail GunnerCT
SGT. Koscheski, Clyde Anderson⇗Flexible GunnerCT
SGT. Lewandowski, Thomas Michael⇗Flexible GunnerCT
Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 23 Combat Missions.
Number Date Target Position Aircraft Mission/Sortie Information
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⇗

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