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Wingate, Floyd Montell

Individual Personnel Data
Name Wingate, Floyd Montell   ‡
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Rank Staff Sergeant
Serial Number 37369181   ‡
Unit Assignments Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, Special Orders #70 dated 11 March 1943, effective 11 March 1943.
Duty Flexible Gunner
MOS757 - Radio Operator / Mechanic / Gunner, AAF
Last Duty Date 12 August 1943
Results Missing In Action
Final Resting Place or Memorial: Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Henri-Chapelle, Belgium: Tablets of the Missing
Additional Information
  • Date of Birth: 2 May 1918
  • Transferred overseas with the Carrington Crew.
  • Ordered to attend Gunnery School at Snettisham, Norfolk, for approximately 10 days beginning on or about 30 May 1943, on SO #21 dated 30 May 1943. Students are required to bring .50 cal. Ammunition, gas mask, steel helmet, mess equipment, blankets, clothing for ten days, and draw 'PX rations' in advance.
Related Documents Missing Air Crew Report # 287⇓ (21.188 MB)
Photo Album:Crew Photo Album⇗
Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Original 384th Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER POSITION RESULTS
2nd Lt. Myer, Lawrence Wayne⇗PilotKIA
2nd Lt. Conkey, Duane Allison⇗Co-pilotTR
2nd Lt. Crouch, James Claybourne⇗NavigatorKIA
2nd Lt. Brzoznowski, Thomas Henry⇗BombardierKIA
S/SGT. Davidson, Jack (NMI)⇗Radio Operator / GunnerKIA
S/SGT. LaRue, James Lynn⇗Engineer / Top Turret GunnerKIA
S/SGT. Drus, Joseph John⇗Ball Turret GunnerTBD
S/SGT. Butcher, David Lloyd⇗Tail GunnerEV
S/SGT. Hubble, Floyd (NMI), Jr⇗Flexible GunnerKIA
S/SGT. Wingate, Floyd MontellFlexible GunnerMIA
Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 9 Combat Missions.
Number Date Target Position Aircraft Mission/Sortie Information
1⇗ 22 June 1943 Target: General Motors Truck Factory
Type: Industry
Location: Antwerp, Belgium 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑3231⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron Lead.
Sortie Report⇗
3⇗ 26 June 1943 Target: Villacoublay Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑3231⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron Lead.
Sortie Report⇗
4⇗ 28 June 1943 Target: Fighter Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Beaumont-le-Roger, France 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑3230⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron Lead.
Sortie Report⇗
5⇗ 29 June 1943 Target: duNord Aircraft Works, Villacoublay Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑3231⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron Lead, Group Deputy.
Sortie Report⇗
6⇗ 4 July 1943 Target: Gnome et Rhone Aircraft Engine Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Le Mans, France 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑3231⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group lead.
Sortie Report⇗
7⇗ 10 July 1943 Target: Drucat Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Abbeville, France 		Ball Turret 42‑3231⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
11⇗ 28 July 1943 Target: Aircraft Engine Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Kassel, Germany 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑3231⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
12⇗ 29 July 1943 Target: Naval Base
Type: Military
Location: Kiel, Germany 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑3216⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Wing lead.
Sortie Report⇗
14⇗ 12 August 1943 Target: Synthetic Fuel Hydrogenation Plant
Type: Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑3231⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Failed To Return
Damaged by enemy aircraft, crashed [SE of] Liblar, Germany. MACR 287
Sortie Report⇗

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