Howard Ira Season

Military

Assigned to 20BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti 18-Aug-44 in B-17 44-6275; #4 on fire, crashed Adriatic Sea. MACR 7683. Killed in Action (KIA)

 

Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 20th Bomb Squadron 2nd Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: O1695545
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

44-6275
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Cannon Falls, Minnesota 27 July 1923 BornCannon Falls, Minnesota

Enlisted

28 August 1942 EnlistedLos Angeles, California

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

18 August 1944 Killed in Action (KIA)Adriatic Sea

Buried

Tablets of the Missing

1 January 1946 Tablets of the MissingFlorence American Cemetery and MemorialFlorence, Toscana, Italy