Howard Glenn Crissman
Military
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UPL 36976
POW card from HG Crissman's 6 month stint in Germany in WWII
HG Crissman
From article in Elks magazine, Nov 2005 "American Heroes: Brave Men in B-24s", and certified by my Dad, HG Crissman
Shot down on 27 December 1944 on a mission to Bruck, Austria aboard B-24 Liberator (Serial number 44-41165) nicknamed "Thundermist". The aircraft fell from formation and crashed after being hit by Flak. Crissman and his crew were all captured and take prisoner of war
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Thundermist
- Unit: 454th Bomb Group 739th Bomb Squadron