Edwin L Howard
MilitaryAssigned to 764BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. 11 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 42-52025; Mauled by fighters, #3 engine on fire, oxygen sytem shot out, A/C abandoned. Hit at waist position by 20mm cannon shell. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 10680
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 765th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16082953 / O-824959
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Arsenic and Lace
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 765th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Cerignola #3
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Columbus, OH | 10 December 1915 | Son of Oscar D and Irene [Miller] Howard. |
Enlisted |
Fort Benjamin, Harrison, IN | 16 September 1942 | Fort Benjamin, Harrison, Indiana |
Died |
Olomouc-Neředín, Czech | 17 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 42-52025; Mauled by fighters. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 10680 |
Based |
Torretta | 17 December 1944 | Assigned to 764BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Green Lawn Cemetery Columbus, Franklin County, OH | Re-Interred Green Lawn Cemetery Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio |