Harold Howard Pinder
MilitaryShot down by FW190 on mission to Frankfurt on 29 Jan 1944 in B-24H #42-7547 'Sky Queen'. Prisoner of War (POW). This was his 10th mission
POW/DFR w/bronze star/Air Medal
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Sky Queen
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 44th Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron 67th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, USA | 22 September 1922 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 29 January 1944 | |
Died |
Ross Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA | 21 October 2008 | |
Buried |
Allegheny City Memorial Park, McCandless, Pennsylvania |
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Sources
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pinder-1339 Profile of records pertaining to Hal.
ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2251 / MACR 2251, 8th AF Losses / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database