Benjamin Howe Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 19 August 1943 in B-17 42-30068. Plane ditched in North Sea.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Phartzac
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Reading, Massachusetts 20 October 1920

Other

Killed in Action

19 August 1943

Buried

East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York, USA Long Island National Cemetery Plot J, 13584

Revisions

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Added "Jr" suffix per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 2707963.

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Added a connection to the mission “VIII Bomber Command 85” - the mission to WOENSDRECHT for the 388th Bomb Group for 19 Aug 1943.

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Updated Rank and the Born event and Added a Buried event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 2707963.
Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/2707963/benjamin-howe

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Changed the label of the “Died” event to "Killed in Action (KIA)".

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Added a connection to A/C #42-30068 and the pilot mentioned in the A/C description.

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Addede S/N per data in MACR 3068 at Fold3. Added the MACR #3068 to the "Summary biography".

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html