Howard Douglas Fishbeck

Military
media-52853.jpeg UPL 52853 Capt Howard D Fishbeck, 401BG.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 52853 - Capt Howard D Fishbeck, 401BG.

Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Flew 30 missions with the last 9 missions in 'Diana Queen of the Chase' 42-102393. 'Lassie Come Home', 'Channel Express' and 'Hangover Haven' were each flown twice. Replacement Navigator for McCord crew.



Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Benjamin H Johnson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-?
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Richard D McCord

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-26100
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-102393

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Diana Queen Of The Chase
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

42-107039

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Ice Cold Katy
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

42-39943

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lassie Come Home
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

42-40050

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Channel Express III
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97487) nicknamed "Hangover Haven" of the 401st Bomb Group after crash landing at Deenethorpe, 3 October 1944 Official caption on image: "GAD-1079 - (48-401)-(4-10-44) 7487 Crash." Handwritten caption on reverse: '3/10/44 A, 296 Extra. V. Maslen, 7487, "Hangover Haven".'

42-97487

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hangover Haven
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Depeyster, NY 25 December 1921 Son of Ralph Fishbeck.

Enlisted

7 December 1942

Other

Discharged USAAF

30 September 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

10 January 1995

Buried

Riverside Cemetery Hannawa Falls, St. Lawrence County, NY 13 January 1995 Riverside Cemetery Hannawa Falls, St. Lawrence County, New York

Based

Deenethorpe Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/671848202
https://www.fold3.com/record/623043540/howard-fishbeck-1921-veterans-af…
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1280
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137524727/howard-d-fishbeck

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1280

Howard Douglas Fishbeck: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 52853 - Capt Howard D Fishbeck, 401BG.

Object number: UPL 52864 - Capt Howard D Fishbeck, 401BG.