Howard C Humphrey

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-21637.jpeg UPL 21637 Howard Humphrey - Postville, 94th BG, KIA Charles D Taylor collection

"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 19 "Killed in Action", by Charles D Taylor

Object Number - UPL 21637 - Howard Humphrey - Postville, 94th BG, KIA

Hit by flak/fighters, exploded and crashed SSW of Brunswick just after bombs away on a mission to Brunswick, Germany on 23 March 1944 in B-17G 42-97476 'Shackeroo'. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-97476

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

Germany 23 March 1944

Born

Postville, Iowa, USA

Buried

Plot B Row 40 Grave 23

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

https://abmc.gov/node/546513#.WLgMv01vi00

Date
ContributorA. van Erp
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www.wwiimemorial.com

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3536 / MACR 3536, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 21637 - Howard Humphrey - Postville, 94th BG, KIA