Howard David Parks

Military

Howard 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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Leroy Parent

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12048890
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Seven men, wearing dress Air Force uniform, posed in front of a building. Four men standing to the rear and three men kneeling in front. All the men have Purple Heart medals pinned to their jacket left lapel

Ivan Luther Rice

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16059741 and O-738249
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Edward F Simpson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12081987
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
The insignia of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.

Thomas Brooks Wheeler

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38082954
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight engineer/top turret gunner

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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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Capitalized the words "Waist Gunner" in the "Role/job" field.

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MACR 840
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records

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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