Jack Walker Howard
MilitaryAssigned 342BS, 97BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Vienna 16-Jul-44; hit by flak over target, crashed Vienna; Prisoner Of War (POW) MACR 6825.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![Ground personnel of the 97th Bomb Group reservice a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-9023) nicknamed "Yankee Doodle", following the raid on Rouen. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 18 Aug 1942.' [stamp], 'Air=SER (Boeing).' [written annotation] and '216112.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'U.S FLYING FORTRESSES RAID ROUEN IN DAYLIGHT. Associated Press Photo Shows: No sooner had one of the huge Fortresses landed after the raid than ground crew im](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379318.jpg.webp?itok=n7iztoxa)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Llano, TX | 12 October 1919 | Son of Lee Roy Walker. |
| San Antonio, TX | 17 October 1940 | Student of University of Texas. | |
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Enlisted |
Gonzales, TX | 25 November 1940 | |
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Other Baled out POW |
Vienna, Austria | 16 July 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Vienna 16-Jul-44; hit by flak over target, crashed Vienna; Prisoner Of War (POW) MACR 6825. |
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Other Prisoner Of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 16 July 1944 | Prisoner Of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Died |
Wichita, KS | 20 April 2003 | |
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Based |
Amendola | 16 July 1944 | Assigned 342BS, 97BG, 15AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Resthaven Gardens of Memory, Wichita, KS | Resthaven Gardens of Memory Wichita, Sedgwick County, KS |
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