Howard Theodore Malon
Military
Rear L-R: Howard T. Malon, S.B. Blakely, C.Patrick King, A.W. Chockley, Edgar N Waller.
Front L-R: Thomas R Gordon, Andrew W. Anderson, Jack Swisher, Mitch Maged.
Object Number - UPL 47015 - "Capt. Thomas R. Gordon and crew of the 322nd Bomb Sqn., 91st Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, in front of a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Madam Shoo...
Assigned to 322BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Flew 35 combat missions from 7/9/ thru 12/5/44. Survived 3 crash landings, once in occupied Belgium; once behind US lines in France, and once when returning to Bassingbourn. Captured by German troops in Belgium but immediately escaped with the help of the Belgium Resistance. Kept a journal and a diary detailing each of his missions.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), GC, WWII Victory, EAME (3 x Battle Stars).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Madame Shoo Shoo
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron 324th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Newark, New Jersey | 11 February 1923 | Son of Nancy Malon. |
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Enlisted |
5 February 1943 | ||
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Based |
Bassingbourn | 9 July 1944 - 5 December 1944 | Assigned to 322BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
9 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Hope, NJ | 2 November 1983 | |
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Buried |
Moravian Cemetery Hope, Warren County, NJ | 5 November 1983 | Moravian Cemetery Hope, Warren County, New Jersey |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / daughter