Winfree, James Hillard

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Winfree, James Hillard ‡ ⇗
Rank	Staff Sergeant / Technical Sergeant
Serial Number	34431513 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #136 dated 5 November 1943, effective 5 November 1943.
Duty	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
MOS	748 - Army Airplane Mechanic / Gunner, Flight Engineer
Last Duty Date	26 November 1943
Results	Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 27 October 1921 Promoted to Technical Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #154 dated 26 November 1943.
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 1663⇓ (16.365 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Holland, John Benjamin⇗	Pilot	POW
2nd Lt. Procopio, Frank Adolph⇗	Co-pilot	POW
2nd Lt. East, Charles Thomas⇗	Navigator	KIA
2nd Lt. Witt, Thomas Gerald⇗	Bombardier	POW
S/SGT. Lazarz, Walter John⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Winfree, James Hillard	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	POW
SGT. Lisenby, Lennon Cleveland⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	POW
SGT. Britt, Julian Austin⇗	Tail Gunner	POW
SGT. Newman, Angus Lee⇗	Flexible Gunner	POW
SGT. Parsons, Roland Westley⇗	Flexible Gunner	POW

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 1 Combat Mission.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
37⇗	26 November 1943	Target: City Center Type: Non-Military Location: Bremen, Germany	Engineer/Top Turret	42‑31042⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Damaged by enemy aircraft; crashed near Hagen, Germany; MACR 1663 Sortie Report⇗

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