Howard Oliver Ford

Military
media-48074.jpeg UPL 48074 The B-24D - 42-40265 - Honkey Tonk Gal's Crew :

Rear : Left to Right : Leo Sharp - Pilot Hubert Womble - Arthur Thompson - Lawrence Lancashire
Front : Left to Right : Jack Reed - Howard Ford - Mack Fitzgerald - William Little - John English.

Removed punctuation marks from around aircraft name for clarity, uniformity, and readability. - Kickapoo

Object Number - UPL 48074 - The B-24D - 42-40265 - Honkey Tonk Gal's Crew : Rear : Left to Right : Leo Sharp - Pilot Hubert Womble - Arthur Thompson -...

Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. Crash landed while on TDY to 9th AF for Ploesti mission in the B-24D, Honkey Tonk Gal, 42-40265. Prisoner of War (POW). 1-Aug-43. MACR 330.



Awards: DFC, AM, PH, POW, ACM, WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18062178 / O-663978
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Honkey Tonk Gal - Naked Truth
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Prince George's County, MD 24 January 1912 Son of Oliver Waters and Lillian Lee [Howard] Ford.

Enlisted

Baltimore, MD 15 May 1942 Baltimore, Maryland

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Bucharest, Romania 1 August 1943 Prisoner of War (POW) Crash landed on 1-Aug-43 while on TDY to 9th AF for Ploesti raid in B-24 'Honky Tonk Gal' 42-40265 Prisoner of War (POW) in Romania

Died

20 June 1962

Buried

Mount Carmel Cemetery Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, MD 24 June 1962 Mount Carmel Cemetery Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Maryland

Based

Oudna 1 August 1943 Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Removed punctuation marks from around aircraft name for clarity, uniformity, and readability. - Kickapoo

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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AAM Database.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 330

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