Benjamin Howe Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down 19 August 1943 in B-17 42-30068. Plane ditched in North Sea.
Connections
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Units served with
![The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395085.jpg?itok=JmLFSoM4)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
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- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Phartzac
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
Missions
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- Date: 19 August 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Reading, Massachusetts | 20 October 1920 | |
Other Killed in Action |
19 August 1943 | ||
Buried |
East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York, USA | Long Island National Cemetery Plot J, 13584 |
Revisions
Added a connection to the mission “VIII Bomber Command 85” - the mission to WOENSDRECHT for the 388th Bomb Group for 19 Aug 1943.
Updated Rank and the Born event and Added a Buried event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 2707963.
Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/2707963/benjamin-howe
Added a connection to A/C #42-30068 and the pilot mentioned in the A/C description.
Addede S/N per data in MACR 3068 at Fold3. Added the MACR #3068 to the "Summary biography".
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html