Howard L Abney

Military

media-36712.jpeg UPL 36712 "Lt. Kruse and crew of the 358th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, beside a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. England, 20 July 1943."

Rear L-R: 2Lt Calder L Wise, 1Lt John W Hendry, 1Lt Richard L Kruse, 1Lt Bernard T McNamara, 2Lt Richard E. Webster.
Front L-R: S/Sgt John C Arasin, S/Sgt John J Doherty, T/Sgt James J Brown, S/Sgt Olwin L Humphries, S/Sgt Howard L. Abney, T/Sgt Loran C Biddle.

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Object Number - UPL 36712 - "Lt. Kruse and crew of the 358th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, beside a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. England, 20 July 1943." Rear L-R: 2Lt...

11 missions from July to August 1943. Severely wounded and unable to return to active duty as gunner.

1. 10 July 1943 -Poix, France

2. 14 July, 1943 -Villacoublay, France

3. 24 July 1943 -Heroya, Norway

4. 25 July 1943 -Hamburg, Germany

5. 26 July 1943 -Hamburg, Germany

6. 30 July 1943 -Kassel, Germany (1 Me 109)

7. 12 August 1943 -Gelsenkirchen, Germany (1 FW 190)

8. 15 August 1943 -Abbeville, France

9. 16 August 1943 -Paris, France

10. 17 August 1943 -Schweinfurt, Germany (1 Me 110)

11. 19 August 1943 -Gilse-Rijen, Netherlands -WIA (1 FW 190)

DFC/ AM 3 w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH/ GC/ ETO w/ battle star/ DUC

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Units served with

303rd Bomb Group

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

358th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

41-24416

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Black Diamond Express
Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 92nd Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron 359th Bomb Squadron

Places

Molesworth

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Cedartown, Georgia	23 May 1921	Son of John Wesley and Myrtle Lucille [Roberts] Abney.
Died	East Gadsden, AL	20 August 2002
Based	Molesworth	19 August 1943	Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.
Buried	Crestwood Memorial Cemetery, AL		Crestwood Memorial Cemetery East Gadsden, Etowah County, AL