Floyd C Howe

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA). Shot down 4 January 1944 in B-17 42-31089 'Carolyne'. Target Kiel, Germany. Plane ditched in North Sea after both engines on left side stopped.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-31089

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Carolyne
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Killed in action

4 January 1944

Buried

Illinois

Revisions

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 6468;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6468, Losses of 8th AF, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=371