Name and Rank, Technical Sergeant Winfred Kay Albee.
Unit/placed in, 814th Bomber Squadron, 482nd Bomber Group (Pursuit).
Winfred was born on May 13, 1920 in Genova, Ashtabula County, Ohio.
Father, Raymond Frank Albee.
Mother, Bernice (Barnum) Albee.
Sisters, Florence M., Frances and Ruth A. Albee.
Wife, Ruth Lucille (Murrey) Albee.
Daughter, Mary L. Albee.
Winfred entered the Service from Cleveland, Ohio in May 20, 1942 with service number # 35306723.
Winfred K. Albee rank/duty was a Technical Sergeant/Engineer (B-24) in the 814th Bomber Squadron.
Winfred’s crewmembers and their position onboard the plane a B-24 were;
Maj. Clyde T. Gray Command Pilot
1st Lt. James N. Taylor Pilot
2nd Lt. Robert R. Stout Co Pilot
2nd Lt. William J. Pautz Navigator
2nd Lt. Edward M. Lange Bombardier
T/Sgt. Winfred K. Albee Engineer
T/Sgt. Benjamin J. Zdnarvich Radio Operator
S/Sgt. Aubrey V. Keller Nose Turret Gunner
S/Sgt. Marion L. Blaney Ball Turret Gunner
S/Sgt. David B. Heneby Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. Donald W. Gray Tail Gunner
Winfred K. Albee was Killed in Action during the Take Off in the Mission, they collided with a other Plane, on Jan. 29, 1944, and he is honored with an Air Medal, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal.
Wifred K. Albee is mentioned/buried at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England.
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The 482nd Bomb Group was a Pathfinder Group, which using radar-equipped aircraft to support bombing missions until March 1944. Aircraft from this Group went ahead of other Bombers and sent information back about the best routes to take and the extent to which targets were obscured by the weather. The Group won a DUC as part of the First Bomb Division for unescorted raid on aircraft factories at Oschersleben on 11 January 1944. After March 1944, the Group sent detachments to other stations to train different squadrons in pathfinding techniques. In March 1944, the 482d BG was taken off combat operations and became a development unit for various radar devices in addition to its training function, but continued to undertake special operations. With radar, photographed parts of France, the Low Countries, and Germany for training and briefing combat crews. While on experimental flights, often bombed bridges, fuel depots, power plants, and railroad stations. On 6 June, it provided 18 crews to lead bomb groups in support of the Allied invasion of Normandy, on pathfinder missions to bomb coastal defenses and attacks on traffic centers behind the beachhead.
