William P Howard

Military
media-32508.jpeg UPL 32508 Lt. Walt Raiter's BOMB TOTIN' MAMA Crew, 12/25/194?_Tonopah, Nevada, USA:
Front Row_L-R;
Lt. Richard Koch - Bombardier
Sgt. Angelo J. Pucci - Armorer Gunner
Sgt. Allen R. Kluck - 3rd Eng. Gunner
Sgt. Dorris H. Cornette - 2nd Eng. Gunner
Lt. Arthur L. Goodin - Co-pilot
Back Row_
Lt. Harry Stawiarski - Navigator
Sgt. Harry S. Raughley - Armorer Gunner
Cpl. James A. Goins - R.O.M., Gunner
S/Sgt. William P. Howard - 1st Eng. Gunner
Lt. Walter Raiter - Pilot

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Object Number - UPL 32508 - Lt. Walt Raiter's BOMB TOTIN' MAMA Crew, 12/25/194?_Tonopah, Nevada, USA: Front Row_L-R; Lt. Richard Koch - Bombardier Sgt. Angelo J. Pucci -...

Shot down 9 April 1944 in B-24 #4129295 'Bomb Totin' Mama. ' Prisoner of War (POW).



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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Bomb Totin Mama
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Denmark 9 April 1944

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3836 / MACR 3836 & Page 277of the book LIBERATORS OVER EUROPE by Mackay, Bailey & Scorza, D790G458 &  458bg.com including crew picture in Raiter crew in 754th BS / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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