Monuments
B-24 Liberator (42-100181) 'Star Valley' Crew Plaque
B-24 'Star Valley' (42-100181) Monument
Name:
Harold Winfred Spink
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-678399
Unit:
68th Bomber Squadron, 44th Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1944-02-05
State:
Nebraska
Cemetery:
Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Nebraska
Plot:
24SC
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
2nd Lt Harold Windfred Spink, bombardier of the B-24 Liberator 42-100181 “Star Valley”, took off from station 115, Shipdham, Norfolk, UK on a bombing mission over the Tours Parçay-Meslay airfield. They were shot down by Fw-190 fighters at 1042. The bullets clipped one of their wings off, sending them into an uncontrollable spin from which only three crew members managed to bail out, of which only one survived to make it back to the UK.