Howard F Coleman
Military
"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 22 "Biographies", by Charles D Taylor.
Object Number - UPL 30739 - Sergeant Howard F Coleman, Quartermasters Sgt, 361st Fighter Group.
Originally attached to the 361st fighter group at Little Walden his unit was frequently moved around, to the 9thAF in France and then to Belgium before being transferred to the 96th BG at Snetterton Heath. He was discharged on Christmas Day 1945 and resumed his career as a printer before becoming Assistant County Assessor for Tama County.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Company
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Toledo, Iowa | 11 May 1920 |
Revisions
Editing by son, Duff Coleman. Some details of 1073rd QM Co provided me by Captain Edward Karvelot of the 1073rd QM Co.
1073rd was in training during a time the planners were preparing for the possibility of small airfields with very small QM contingents and Captain Karvelot said the eventual detachments of the 1073rd were larger than they had planned because of larger airfields and numbers of planes on each eventual 8th AF base. This meant that more than the normal number of QM'ers were promoted during training which resulted in Sgts shoveling coal. Howard Coleman was part of the "A" Detachment of the 1073rd and the "A" Detachment served with the 361st Fighter Group. He was in charge of solid fuel procurement, he shoveled coal, and he exited service as a T4.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
