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Howard H Berodt

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  • William Buchenau

    Military | Captain | Bombardier | 486th Bomb Group

  • J Carl

    Military | Waist Gunner/ Bail Gunner | 486th Bomb Group
    Member of Berodt crew

  • Fay Daniel

    Military | Radio Operator / Gunner / Mickey Operator | 486th Bomb Group
    Member of Eakin crew, Member of Berodt Crew

  • C Hicks

    Military | Pilot | 486th Bomb Group
    Member of Berodt crew

  • Delmar Hospelhorn

    Military | Flight Engineer | 486th Bomb Group
    Member of Berodt Crew

  • Herbert Moran

    Military | Bombardier | 486th Bomb Group
    Member of Berodt crew

  • William Orms

    Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator/ Waist | 486th Bomb Group
    Dad was shot down once 70 miles inside German lines in France. The plane landed and only needed a few parts to become flyable again. the French people hid the plane and Orms used his radio to order the parts and after fixing the plane, the pilot, one...

  • Carl Sherman

    Military | Navigator | 486th Bomb Group
    Member of Berodt crew

  • Frank Zalinski

    Military | Lieutenant | Navigator | 486th Bomb Group
    WIA Plane crashed on takeoff on 20 May 44. Had completed 31 missions.

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Units served with

  • 486th Bomb Group

    486th Bomb Group

    Group
    The 486th Bomb Group flew both B-24s and B-17s, swapping from the former aircraft to the latter in late July 1944 after 49 missions. In total the Group flew 292 missions during the war and remarkably the 834th Bomb Squadron lost no aircraft or...

  • 832nd Bomb Squadron

    832nd Bomb Squadron

    Squadron

Aircraft

  • 42-98006 The Old Yard Dog

    B-17 Flying Fortress
    Delivered Dallas 30/4/44; Kearney 13/6/44; Grenier 30/6/44; Assigned PFF 832BS/486BG [3R-F] Sudbury 3/7/44; 62m ret POWs from Linz 11/7/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 13/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 7/11/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for...

  • 43-37800

    B-17 Flying Fortress
    Delivered Cheyenne 23/5/44; Hunter 2/6/44; Grenier 11/6/44; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 28/6/44; transferred 835BS/486BG [H8-S] Sudbury 29/6/44; 833BS [3R-R]; `64m` Returned to the USA Bradley 7/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 9/7/45;...

  • 43-37963 Dirty Deuce

    B-17 Flying Fortress
    Delivered Cheyenne 9/6/44; Kearney 20/6/44; Grenier 6/7/44; Assigned 834BS/486BG [2S-J] Sudbury 8/7/44; 833BS [2N-K], 61m Returned to the USA 1103 BU Morrison 3/11/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 4/1/46...

  • 43-37968 BOLT FROM THE BLUE

    B-17 Flying Fortress
    Delivered Cheyenne 14/6/44; Kearney 25/6/44; Grenier 6/7/44; Assigned 837BS/487BG Lavenham 8/7/44; transferred 833BS/486BG [4N-R] Sudbury 27/10/44; then 835BS [H8-V]; 75m Returned to the USA Bradley 7/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 10/7/45;...

  • 43-38040

    B-17 Flying Fortress
    Delivered Cheyenne 19/6/44; Kearney 29/6/44; Dow Fd 13/7/44; Assigned 832BS/486BG [3R-L] Sudbury 14/7/44; {65m} Returned to the USA Bradley 9/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 11/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in...

  • 44-8025

    B-17 Flying Fortress
    Delivered Dallas 14/5/44; Langley 3/7/44; Dow Fd 24/7/44; Assigned 833BS/486BG [4N-B] Sudbury 26/7/44; [42m] Salvaged 9AF 10/5/45.

  • 44-8035 Flora Belle

    B-17 Flying Fortress
    Delivered Tulsa 17/5/44; Dallas 13/6/44; Langley 5/7/44; Dow Fd 26/7/44; Assigned PFF 94BG Rougham 28/7/44; transferred 833BS/486BG [4N-F/P], then 835BS [H8-P] Sudbury 8/44; `24m`, force landed Germany 19/4/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 23/5/46. FLORA BELLE.

  • 44-8130 'BLUE STREAK' aka 'Lady V II'

    B-17 Flying Fortress
    Delivered Dallas 15/6/44; Langley 11/7/44; Dow Fd 9/8/44; Assigned PFF 833BS/486BG [2N-K] Sudbury 11/8/44; 13m battle damaged Berlin 3/2/44 with ?; crash landed Rolozno, Pol; Salvaged 14/2/45. BLUE STREAK aka LADY V II.

  • 44-8132

    B-17 Flying Fortress
    Delivered Dallas 19/6/44; Langley 10/7/44; Grenier 13/8/44; Assigned PFF 94BG Rougham 21/8/44; transferred 833BS/486BG [2N-N] Sudbury 9/44; `23m` Salvaged 9AF Germany 23/5/46.

  • 44-8453

    B-17 Flying Fortress
    Delivered Dallas 17/9/44; Hunter 16/10/44; Dow Fd 26/10/44; Assigned 833BS/486BG [4N-E] Sudbury 30/10/44; `31m` transferred 15AF 29/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 30/3/48.

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Associated Place

  • Sudbury

    Military site : airfield
    Situated between the villages of Great Waldingfield and Acton, the airfield was used by the 486th Bomb Group from March 1944 to August 1945. Facilities for administrative offices for the Combat Wing were also made available here and along with barrack...

Events

Event Location Date
Born 14 October 1921
Enlisted 1942
Died 25 September 1990
Buried
Nationality
American
Nickname
Howdy
Service numbers
696313
Highest rank
Colonel
Role/job
B24/B17 Pilot
Awards
Not yet known

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
29 May 2015 03:57:36 Reddog1968 Changes to person associations and place associations
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Family research
Date Contributor Update
29 May 2015 03:51:16 Reddog1968 Changes to person associations
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486th info
Date Contributor Update
29 May 2015 03:20:13 Reddog1968 Changes to events
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Family history
Date Contributor Update
29 May 2015 02:57:19 Reddog1968 Changes to aircraft associations
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486th mission logs
Date Contributor Update
29 May 2015 02:47:48 Reddog1968 Changes to nickname, highest rank, role and aircraft associations
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486th
Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:13:16 AAM AAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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