Howard Lambert Cromwell
Military![Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane. Five men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front. Some of the men are wearing flying gear.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/2023-10/20111223085605-aceb1d44-me_0.jpg)
Back L-R: SSgt. Walter C. Parkins (FG), TSgt. Philip E. Schmidlapp (TT), SSgt. Floyd M. Wingate (FG), TSgt. Arthur E. Brittain (RO), SSgt. Win R. Smalley (BT)
Front L-R: 1st Lt. Gordon K. Stallings (OBS/TG), Capt. Richard T. Carrington Jr. (AC/CP), Capt. Michael H. Smithwick (B), Capt. Raymond P. Ketelsen (P), 1st Lt. Robin Everett Taber (N)
384th Bomb Group collection
The Quentin Bland Collection.
Object Number - UPL 45632 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 29 July 1943/Kiel. Back L-R: SSgt. Walter C. Parkins (FG), TSgt. Philip E. Schmidlapp (TT), SSgt. Floyd M. Wingate...
Ordered to the 8th Air Force Officers Rest Home, Stanbridge Earls, Hampshire for seven days Temporary Duty on or about 15 August 1943 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #70 dated 14 August 1943.
Ordered to travel to 302nd Dispensary, AAF station 101, PINETREE for study by CENTRAL MEDICAL BOARD for an indefinite period per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #114 dated 10 October 1943.
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Units served with
![The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395075.jpg?itok=Z2H16PVo)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
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- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
![Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane. Five men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front. Some of the men are wearing flying gear.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/2023-10/20111223085605-aceb1d44-me_0.jpg?itok=CoTve35E)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-728581
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
![Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane. Five men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front. Some of the men are wearing flying gear.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/2023-10/20111223085605-aceb1d44-me_0.jpg?itok=CoTve35E)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 545th Bomb Squadron Headquarters (384th Bomb Group)
- Service Numbers: O-404094
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot / Group Operations Officer / Squadron Commander
Aircraft
Missions
![](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/media/media-17142.png?itok=m7JLZfUi)
- Date: 26 July 1943
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- Date: 4 July 1943
Places
![Aerial photograph of Grafton Underwood airfield looking north east, Geddington village is on the left, 22 April 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC309. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/eh/eh-258.jpg?itok=i-QQOssr)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
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Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…