Howard L Harmston
MilitaryShot down by ME109s and crashed near Sedan, FR on a missio to Augsberg, GR on 25 Feb 1944 in B-17F #42-30728. Prisoner of War (POW).
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
Places
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Springfield, Missouri, USA | 21 August 1919 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
France | 25 February 1944 | |
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Died |
28 June 1988 | ||
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Buried |
Duchesne County, UT, USA | Roosevelt Memorial Park |
Revisions
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources
MACR 2769: https://www.fold3.com/image/28739665?terms=MACR%202769
Findagrave record: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=harmston&GSfn=how…;
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2769 / MACR 2769, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database