350th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
John E Howley
Military
B-17G #42-39830 'Berlin Playboy' collided with another B-17 on a mission to Augsburg, GR on 18 Mar 1944 and crashed WSW of Poix, FR. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Service
Units served with
Aircraft
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42-39830 Berlin Playboy
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Long Beach 14/9/43; Gr Island 3/10/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-Y] Thorpe Abbotts 8/10/43; Missing in Action Munich 18/3/44 with Paul Martin, Co-pilot: Tom Cryan, Navigator: Tom Hughes, Bombardier: Albt Racz, Flight engineer/top turret gunner...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Born | Flat Rock, Michigan, USA | |
| Killed in Action (KIA) | France | 18 March 1944 |
| Died | 18 March 1944 | |
| Buried |
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2014 18:15:54 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3234 / MACR 3234, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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