Howard P Siegle
Military
Rear L-R: T/Sgt Vincent Miller, T/Sgt Howard P Siegle, Sgt James A Burgess, Sgt Dale D Dorning, S/Sgt Harold L Willey, Sgt Robert L Wilmoth.
Front L-R: 2Lt Walter R Nielsen, 2Lt Rexford Feaster, 2Lt Hector A Kaufman, 2Lt Howard H Hamilton.
Object Number - UPL 39003 - "A crew of the 524th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Group, poses for the photographer at an 8th Air Force Base in England on 25 June 1944." Rear L-R: ...
Flew 17 missions. Plane 'Red Dragon. ' Shot down on bombing mission 186 to Pirmasens, Germany 9 August 1944 in B-17 'Red Dragon". ' Returned by Belgian underground to London 15 September 1944.
WW II VM/ ATO/ EAME/ AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ GC
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Red Dragon
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Baltimore, Maryland | 13 December 1922 | |
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Other Evaded EVD |
Geetbets, Belgium | 9 August 1944 | |
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Died |
19 May 1998 | ||
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Buried |
Meadowridge Memorial Park Elkridge, Howard County, MD | Meadowridge Memorial Park Elkridge, Howard County, MD |
Revisions
Personal info provided by son, Barry Siegle/Ellicott City, Maryland
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7393 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / son, Barry L. Siegle MACR 7393; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 316
