William N Howard

Military

Evaded (EVD) Crashed near Dijon on 28 Aug 44 in P-38 'Marion' #42-104407

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Units served with

Major Henry Porter Plunk and a fellow airman of the 479th Fighter Group stand with Plunk's P-51 Mustang (9B-0, serial number 44-72516) nicknamed "Ambrosia".

436th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force

479th Fighter Group

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

Aircraft

42-104407

Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
Unit: 479th Fighter Group 436th Fighter Squadron

Events

Event	Location	Date
Born	Buffalo, New York, USA
Other Evaded (EVD)
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	Germany	28 August 1944
Other Promoted

Revisions

Date13 May 2023 21:07:00

Contributorjmoore43

Changes

Sources

Removed extra info in the "Role/job" field.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:28:32

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8321 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list