John F Howorusz
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA) on 4-Mar-43 in B-17F 42-5370, 91BG/324BS while serving as Right Waist Gunner. The aircraft was shot down by fighters and crashed into the North Sea near Texel Island, Holland on return from a mission to bomb the railroad marchalling yards at Hamm, Germany.
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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
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 4 March 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
4 March 1943 | Killed when aircraft was shot down by fighters and crashed into the North Sea near Texel Island, Holland. His remains have never been recovered. | |
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Other Commemorated |
His name is recorded on the Tablets of the Missing at Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Netherlands. (Source: AOD) |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 25-Jun-2015. Added Decorations and Commemorated event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) records; Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Added Summary Biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE. Added SN per MACR 16102.
MACR 16102 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database