Lester Lawrence Howell

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Crashed near Budapest on 2 July 44 in P-51 42-106857 :'Texas Knight'

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Units served with

352nd Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Pilot Lieutenant-Colonel Luther H. Richmond with his aircraft, P-47 Thunderbolt (PZ-R, serial number 42-8412), named "Sweetie", at Bodney air base, winter 1943 - 1944. Pin-up artwork by Alberto Vargas. 1943 - 1944. Lieutenant-Colonel Richmond flew with the 486th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group.

486th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force

Aircraft

42-106857

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron

Events

Event	Location	Date
Born	Detroit, Michigan, USA	11 July 1923
Other Killed in action	Hungary	2 July 1944
Buried	Morton, Texas

Event

Location

Date

Description

Born

Detroit, Michigan, USA

11 July 1923

Other

Killed in action

Hungary

2 July 1944

Buried

Morton, Texas

Revisions

Date5 Oct 2016 11:53:41

Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter

Changes

Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

Additional deatils from :
- MACR 6697;
- http://www.findagrave.com

Date27 Sep 2014 18:18:49

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6697 / MACR 6697/8828 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database