Howard Sherwood Haaf
MilitaryShot down by fighters on 27 Aug 1943 in B-24D 42-40767 'Bad Penney' and crashed at sea 65 miles off Portreath, Portugal and crashed on the return from a detachment to the 9th AF in North Africa in support of the first Ploesti Raid. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: The Bad Penny
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
Events
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Died |
65 miles short of Portreath | 27 August 1943 | Shot down by fighters on 27 Aug 1943 in B-24D 42-40767 'Bad Penney' and crashed at sea 65 miles off Portreath, Portugal and crashed on the return from a detachment to the 9th AF in North Africa in support of the first Ploesti Raid. Killed in Action (KIA). |
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Born |
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Buried |
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial | Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Colleville-sur-Mer Departement du Calvados Basse-Normandie, France |
Revisions
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56645203/howard-sherwood-haaf
Removed # from A/C serial No. to aid clarity & consistency
Added a "#" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, MACR 12266, 44th Bomb Group Roll of Honor and Casualties by Will Lundy p.121