Orvel G Howe

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down on 9/27/44 in B-24 'Mairzy Doats' #42109789 on Kassel mission

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Mairzy Doats
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 445th Bomb Group 579th Bomb Squadron 703rd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Texarkana, Texas, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 27 September 1944

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Sources

Birsic MACR 9389 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9389 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database