Winter Richard

Monuments

Berlin Airlift Monument

Berlin Airlift Memorial (Luftbrückendenkmal)

Name:

Richard Winter

Rank:

Sergeant

Serial Number:

AF 39 203 365

Unit:

48th Troop Carrier Squadron

Date of Death:

1948-10-18

State:

Washington

Cemetery:

Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park, Washington

Plot:

Veterans Cemetery - El Caney Section

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Richard Winter was born on September 30, 1924. He served in the 48th Troop Carrier Squadron as a Sergeant during World War II. During the Berlin Airlift, he was a crew member on the C-54 #42-72688 aircraft. On October 18, 1948, the crew was returning to their base in Frankfurt after completing a cargo flight to Berlin. On final approach by night, the four-engine aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances in Neu-Isenburg, about six km east of the airport. All three crew members were killed. SGT Winter is buried now in the Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park, Seattle, King County, Washington, USA.

Crew of the C-54 #42-72688:
1LT Eugene S. Erickson
CPT James A. Vaughan
SGT Richard Winter

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