173829 Pilot Officer D.A. Winterford, RAF

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  1. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    Another small file found on my hard drive coutesy of Brian - ADM199[​IMG]
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  2. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

  3. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

  4. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    11-12 May 1944

    514 Squadron

    Lancaster II LL739 JI-M
    Op. Leuven

    The aircraft took off from Waterbeach to bomb railway yards and was shot up it is believed, by a Fw190 while leaving the target area. A fire started in the starboard inner engine and within seconds the entire wing was engulfed in flames. All baled out. P/O. Cunningham RNZAF landed on the roof of a cafe at Rixensart (Brabant) Belgium, while P/O. Winterford found himself on a nearby rail line where an alert German patrol thought they had caught a saboteur and before he could prove otherwise, he was shot in the leg. F/O. Ramsey and Sgt. Brown evaded capture for a while, but were eventually arrested by the Gestapo.


    Crew.

    P/O. A B. Cunningham RNZAF pow
    P/O. D A. Winterford pow – Held Luft III pow No.6510
    F/O. R J. Ramsey pow
    F/O. R. Brailsford evaded
    Sgt. J W. Stone evaded
    Sgt. F W. Brown evaded
    Sgt. B L. Roberts evaded

    The Leuven raid of 11-12 May 1944

    105 Lancasters and 5 Mosquitoes of 3 and 8 Groups attacked the railway yards but the main weight of the bombing hit the railway workshops and nearby storage buildings. 4 Lancasters lost.

    Sourced from:

    Bomber Command Losses Vol.5 – W R. Chorley
    The Bomber Command War Diary – M. Middlebrook / C. Everitt
    Footsteps On The Sands Of Time – O. Clutton-Brock
     
  5. spidge

    spidge RAAF RESEARCHER

    Strange!

    I have just made a query of a crash exactly one month before from the same squadron where all died but one.
     
  6. Kenis

    Kenis Member

    Dear Drew,

    I see you have placed pictures over here.
    How can I see them?
    For the moment I'm working on the crash of Lancaster LL739 from 514 sq.

    Kind Regards,

    Rudy
     
  7. alieneyes

    alieneyes Senior Member

    Donald Albert Winterford passed away in 2005.

    http://www.twosqnassoc.co.uk/pages/stories/remarkable%20people/winterford/don%20winterford.htm

     
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  8. Kenis

    Kenis Member

    Thank you very much Alieneyes!!!!
    Do you know there is also a picture from him?

    Kind Regards,

    Rudy
     
  9. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    Unfortunately the pictures were lost when the forum changed.
     
  10. Winterford123

    Winterford123 New Member

    Hi alieneyes, I read your piece on Donald Albert Winterford with great interest. Donald was my 3rd Cousin 2 x removed. I am trying to put a story behind all of my relatives in the family tree, and in particular those with a military background. Could I ask for your permission to use your account of him credited with your name?

    Kind regards

    Stephen
     
  11. alieneyes

    alieneyes Senior Member

    Hi Stephen,

    I didn't write it. I found that page (which now seems to be gone) online. Good thing the text was posted here. I would just thank the site, given that they don't seem to be online anymore.

    Regards,

    Dave
     
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  12. pinuche0706

    pinuche0706 Member

    Hi Stephen, I sent you a PM
    Roger
     

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