Howard T Larimore Jr
MilitaryShot down by massive fighter attacks and crashed W of Vechta, GR on a mission to Klein Machnow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31735 'Lucky Lee', Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lucky Lee
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Louisvile, Kentucky, USA | 12 October 1922 | |
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Died |
25 August 1981 | (aged 58) | |
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Buried |
Nicholasville, Kentucky, USA | 28 August 1981 | Camp Nelson National Cemetery Date of burial is an estimate. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 6 March 1944 | Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16 |
Revisions
Added Birth in to Bor event and added Died and Buried events per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 902575.
See: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/902575/howard-t-larimore
Copied "Summary biography" from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so one person can be deleted.
Added POW camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Corrected the name by moving "Jr" from the surname field to the suffix field and moving the last name from the middle name field to the surname field.
MACR 3020 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database