Howard Drew Hinman

Military
media-36173.jpeg UPL 36173 Front row: L to R
Vernon R. Smith, George A. Dickerson, Calvin F. Ford, Robert L. Greenhaigh
Back row: L to R, Walter D. Johnson, David C. Sharman, Joseph Lemischak, Howard D Hinman, Johnie B. Bryant, Quentin E. Freed

VIA MIKE STRICKLER GRANDSON OF VERNON SMITH

Object Number - UPL 36173 - Front row: L to R Vernon R. Smith, George A. Dickerson, Calvin F. Ford, Robert L. Greenhaigh Back row: L to R, Walter D. Johnson, David C. Sharman,...

Assigned to 526BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down on 9-Oct-43 in B-17 42-5407 'Fighting Pappy', Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 1354



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Vernon R Smith

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-5407

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Fightin' Pappy
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag XVII-B

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Colebrook, NH 5 June 1912 Son of John Holmes and Jennie Crawford [Drew] Hinman.

Enlisted

Fort Jackson, Columbia, SC 17 September 1942 Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Moosburg, Germany 9 October 1943 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag XVIIb.

Died

Reedsport, OR 8 August 1996

Buried

Reedsport Masonic Cemetery Reedsport, Douglas County, OR 11 August 1996 Reedsport Masonic Cemetery Reedsport, Douglas County, Oregon

Based

Kimbolton 9 October 1943

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/record/87984192/howard-d-hinman-wwii-army-enlistm…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46651104/howard-drew-hinman

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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1354 / MACR 1354; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 282 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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