Howard Oliver Ford
Military
Rear : Left to Right : Leo Sharp - Pilot Hubert Womble - Arthur Thompson - Lawrence Lancashire
Front : Left to Right : Jack Reed - Howard Ford - Mack Fitzgerald - William Little - John English.
Removed punctuation marks from around aircraft name for clarity, uniformity, and readability. - Kickapoo
Object Number - UPL 48074 - The B-24D - 42-40265 - Honkey Tonk Gal's Crew : Rear : Left to Right : Leo Sharp - Pilot Hubert Womble - Arthur Thompson -...
Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. Crash landed while on TDY to 9th AF for Ploesti mission in the B-24D, Honkey Tonk Gal, 42-40265. Prisoner of War (POW). 1-Aug-43. MACR 330.
Awards: DFC, AM, PH, POW, ACM, WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18062178 / O-663978
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Honkey Tonk Gal - Naked Truth
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Prince George's County, MD | 24 January 1912 | Son of Oliver Waters and Lillian Lee [Howard] Ford. |
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Enlisted |
Baltimore, MD | 15 May 1942 | Baltimore, Maryland |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Bucharest, Romania | 1 August 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW) Crash landed on 1-Aug-43 while on TDY to 9th AF for Ploesti raid in B-24 'Honky Tonk Gal' 42-40265 Prisoner of War (POW) in Romania |
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Died |
20 June 1962 | ||
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Buried |
Mount Carmel Cemetery Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, MD | 24 June 1962 | Mount Carmel Cemetery Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Maryland |
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Based |
Oudna | 1 August 1943 | Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Updated awards, rank and bio.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33191361/howard-oliver-ford
Removed punctuation marks from around aircraft name for clarity, uniformity, and readability. - Kickapoo
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
AAM Database.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 330