Howard Flake Sloop

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 548BS, 385BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 26-Jul-43 in B-17 42-5895. Killed in Action (KIA).

 

Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 385th Bomb Group.

385th Bomb Group

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

People

Theo R Harris

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-730479
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-5895

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Souse Familly
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Alexander County, North Carolina 27 May 1911 Born Alexander County, North Carolina

Enlisted

Camp Croft ,South Carolina 11 September 1942 Enlisted Camp Croft ,South Carolina

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

North Sea 26 July 1943 Killed in Action (KIA) Lost in North Sea

Buried

Tablets of the Missing

Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton, Cambridgeshire 1 January 1946 Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton, Cambridgeshire

Revisions

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 191 B / MACR 191B / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database