Howard Dean Hinckley
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 52424
2nd Lt Howard D Hinckley, 448BG.
Assigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. 2nd combat mission. Failed to Return (FTR) Madgeburg in B-24 42-50459 with Buxton crew 16-Aug-44; hit by flak and crashed at Gerwisch. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8426
Awards: PH.
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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: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-705311
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Salt Lake City, UT | 4 October 1922 | Son of Samuel Lawrence and Nola [Greathouse] Hinckley. |
Enlisted |
Buckley Field, Denver, CO | 19 February 1943 | Buckley Field, Denver, Colorado |
Died |
Gerwisch, Germany | 16 August 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Madgeburg in B-24 42-50459 with Buxton crew 16-Aug-44; hit by flak and crashed at Gerwisch. KIA MACR 8426 |
Buried |
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay, St. Louis County, MO | 7 February 1951 | Re-Interred Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri |
Based Prisoner of War (POW) |
Seething | 16 August 1944 | Assigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8426 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database