Howard Curtis Damon
Military
Rear L-R: 2Lt Edmund H Lutz, 2Lt,Frank A Banell, Unkn, Unkn, Unkn, 2Lt Andrew B Creo.
Front L-R: Unkn, Unkn, Unkn, Unkn.
Crew for 24-Mar-44 in B-17 42-30720 were 2Lt Andrew B Creo (P), 2Lt Edmund H Lutz (CP), 2Lt Frank A Banell (N), S/Sgt Carl B Christensen (Tog), Sgt's William M Martin (TT), Howard C Damon (RO), Elmer L Koelling (BT), Billy J Hancock (RW), Russell Boyd (LW), Lawrence E Becker (TG).
Object Number - UPL 40013 - "A crew of the 379th Bomb Group poses beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Fatso" at an 8th Air Force base in England, 24 March 1944." Rear...
Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 33 x combat missions. ETD.
Awards: DFC, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sara Jane
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Skunkface
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Maine, USA | 3 June 1922 | Son of Charles C and Dorothy M Damon. |
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Enlisted |
30 December 1942 | ||
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Other Discharged USAAF |
21 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Calais, ME | 8 December 1998 | |
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Based |
Kimbolton | Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Buried |
Calais Cemetery, Calais, Washington County, ME | Calais Cemetery Calais, Washington County, ME |