Howard R Evans

Military

Crashed at Barnwell 21 February 1944, Northamptonshire, shortly after take off in B-17F 42-29858. RTD.



Shot down 24 April 1944 in B-17 42-97305. Plane ditched in Channel. Returned to base.



Shot down 27 May 1944 in B-17 42-102613, Prisoner of War. Was At Stalag Luft III, liberated by Russians, 1945. After WW II became an airline pilot, married, had a child. When Korean War began, re-enlisted, flew air refueling in LA. Killed in tanker crash in early 1950's . He lived in Bossier City with family at the time, so assumed he was flying out of Barksdale AFB.



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.

351st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-102613

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (YB-G, serial number 42-29858) of the 508th Bomb Squadron, 351st Bomb Group taxying at Polebrook. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Pre-Aug '44. Visiting B-17 waits to t/o. 508BS, YB-G, 351st BG. Polebrook. Source - Ed Hedrick (195A).'

42-29858

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Murder Incorporated, then Censored
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag Luft III

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Douglas, Arizona 3 May 1921

Other

Prisoner of War

Zagan, Poland 27 May 1944 POW Camp: Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11

Died

25 August 1952 (aged 31)

Buried

San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA San Francisco National Cemetery

Revisions

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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http://www.351st.org/loadlist/search.php

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.

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Added Died and Buried events per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 3526240.
Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3526240/howard-r-evans

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Added a S/N and a POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a connection to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Flagged as a "Possible DUPLICATE" in the Nickname field so an Admin can check out this person.
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor; MACR 5324/son