Howard David Parks
MilitaryHoward Parks was Right Waist Gunner on B-17 #42-29800 'Me and My Gal', shot down on the Schweinfurt raid 14 October 1943. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14090837 and O-673460
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20323830 and O-515826
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13057282 and O-738710
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12180110
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32140430
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Me An' My Gal
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 335th Bomb Squadron 422nd Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 14 October 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Oregon, United States | 30 December 1922 | |
Enlisted |
Portland, Oregon, United States | 8 July 1942 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
near Braunau am Inn, Austria | 14 October 1943 | Immediately captured. Interned at Stalag XVIIB (17B) - Barrack 34A - in Braunau/Gneikendorf, Austria. NARA WWII POW records : "Returned to Allied military control 19 June 1945". |
Died |
Benton County, Oregon, United States | 1 August 1947 | |
Buried |
Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery, Portland, Oregon, United States | ||
Born |
Clatsop County, Oregon, United States |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 840 / MACR 840, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database