Manship Winfred E.

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Winfred E. Manship is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

388th Bomb Group Memorial -RAF Knettishall Station 136

Name:

Winfred E. Manship

Rank:

Technical Sergeant

Serial Number:

36037188

Unit:

563rd Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Death:

1944-08-24

State:

Indiana

Cemetery:

Epinal American Cemetery, Dinoz�, France

Plot:

Tablets of the Missing

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Air Medal, Purple Heart

Comments:

Winfred E. Manship entered the military service in Indiana. He served in the 563rd Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Technical Sergeant and Radio Operator of #42-107202 "Belle of the Brawl" aircraft during World War II. He was Killed in Action but was declared "Missing" on August 24, 1944 and is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing, Epinal American Cemetery, Dinoz�, France. Tsgt Manship was one of the many brave Americans of the 388th Bomber Group who lost their lives in aerial operations against the German forces from June 1943 - August 1945.