Thomas Ronald Howitt

Military
media-56961.jpeg UPL 56961 Thomas R. Howitt, 490 bomb Group

Family photo

Object Number - UPL 56961 - Thomas R. Howitt, 490 bomb Group

Assigned to 851BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF. Member of Moy crew.





Awards: AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.

490th Bomb Group

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

People

David Joseph Garlick

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36786760
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Aerial Gunner

Kenneth W Harrell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33627527
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: Airplane Mechanic-Gunner

Thomas Ronald Howitt

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33747207
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner / Mechanic

Roy Cecilio Moeller

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18090574
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Aerial Gunner

John James Moy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12179073 / O-828488
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'

Eye

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brome

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

3 September 1921 Son of Selina Hewitt.

Enlisted

28 August 1943 Fort Myer, Virginia

Based

Assigned to 851BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.

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https://www.fold3.com/image/695827489
https://www.fold3.com/record/87404659/thomas-r-hewitt-wwii-army-enlistm…
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/139464524

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https://www.fold3.com/image/695827489
https://www.fold3.com/record/87404659/thomas-r-hewitt-wwii-army-enlistm…
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/139464524

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Family Photo

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ContributorRayWells
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Changes to connections

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490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Object number: UPL 56961 - Thomas R. Howitt, 490 bomb Group