Howard F Delaney

Military
media-36780.jpeg UPL 36780 2Lt George A Kyle Crew 360BS, 303BG, 8AF.

Back row left to right: F/O Fred Holcombe, F/O James Hardy, 2Lt George Kyle, Sgt Ernest A Schieferstein

Front row left to right: Sgt Howard Delaney, Sgt Frank R Turner, Sgt William R Kaufmann, Sgt George P Smith,T/Sgt Joel A Berly

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 36780 - 2Lt George A Kyle Crew 360BS, 303BG, 8AF. Back row left to right: F/O Fred Holcombe, F/O James Hardy, 2Lt George Kyle, Sgt Ernest A...

Assigned to 360BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Aborted mission to Stuttgart; Crashed Braydon Crag, Cheviot Hills on 16-Dec-44 returning to base due to failure of Gee and radio compass. Injured in crash WIA. Returned to Duty (RTD)



Awards: PH, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

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

People

Sheila the Dog

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Mascot
  • Nationality: British
  • Role/Job: Sheep dog

George Anderson Kyle

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13119430 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

44-6504

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron

Missions

752

  • Date: 16 December 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Watertown, Jefferson County, NY 2 August 1925 Son of Phillip and Gladys Delaney.

Enlisted

Fort Dix, NJ 2 March 1944 Fort Dix New Jersey

Other

Survived crash

Braydon Crag, Cheviot Hills 16 December 1944 Crashed Braydon Crag, Cheviot Hills on 16-Dec-44; WIA Returned to Duty (RTD)

Died

Tucson, AZ 9 April 2006

Based

Molesworth Assigned to 360BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/record/7711743-howard-f-delaney
https://www.fold3.com/record/91402954-howard-f-delaney
https://www.fold3.com/image/81970397?terms=Howard%20Delaney

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster

Howard F Delaney: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 36780 - 2Lt George A Kyle Crew 360BS, 303BG, 8AF. Back row...

Object number: UPL 36781 - 2Lt George A Kyle Crew, 360BS, 303BG, 8AF. Rear L...