Howard Henry Carey
Military
Object Number - UPL 46165 - Clarence Strawn Crew 390th BG - 568th BS - 8th AF Standing L to R: Howard H. Carey (FE), Vernon Bohn (BTG), Hector Marsiglia (RO), Henry Wilson...
Crew Number 7
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Silver Slipper
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Paper Doll
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Rovin’ romona ii/big friend
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Anoxia Queen
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Southern Comfort
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
Missions
Places
![A bomber crew of the 390th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-31027) nicknamed "Honey Chile" and their dog and monkey mascots "Scrappy" and "Joe". Image stamped on reverse: ‘Fox.’ [stamp], ‘passed for publication 25 Oct 1943.’ [stamp] and ‘289774.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: ‘AERIAL MASCOTS OF FORTRESS CREWS. PH/MoN. As frisky and friendly a pair of aerial mascots as you'll find in Britain are "Scrappy" and "Joe", pup and monkey team belonging to the](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380433.jpg.webp?itok=L7HbOA_i)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Ocean View, Delaware | 27 November 1919 | |
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Enlisted |
Camden, New Jersey | 22 September 1942 | |
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Other 390th BG Combat Tour |
Framlingham Airfield, UK | 24 February 1944 - 31 May 1944 | |
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Died |
Lewes, Delaware | 23 May 1988 | |
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Buried |
Ocean View, Delaware | 26 May 1988 | Mariners Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery Ocean View, Sussex County, Delaware, USA Plot Section 1 Row 6 |
| Ocean View, Delaware |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.390thspace.com/missions.php?name=Carey%2C+Howard+H
