Howard Udell Feldman
Military ROLL OF HONOURRear L-R: Joseph Alexander Heustess Jr, Michael J Brennan Jr, Harry Gray, William D O'Malley Jr, Byron O Young, Harry I Mazer
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Front L-R: Allan H Ferguson Jr, John F Schmid, Howard U Feldman.
Corrected spelling of Harry Gray’s name and added connection
Assigned to 602BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. 26 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Pilsen in B-17 42-97266 25-Apr-45; hit by flak over target area. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 14224
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-778761
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Godfathers inc.
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA | 9 May 1924 | Son of Stella Feldman. |
Enlisted |
Allentown, PA | 11 May 1943 | Allentown, Pennsylvania |
Died |
Pilsen, Czech | 25 April 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Pilsen in B-17 42-97266 25-Apr-45; hit by flak over target area. KIA MACR 14224 |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Nuthampstead | 25 April 1945 | Assigned to 602BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial | Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial Saint-Avold, France Plot A Row 28 Grave 6 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 14224 / MACR 14224, mention in Hell from Heaven: Memoirs of a WW II B-17 Bombardier by Leonard Streitfeld pp.185 & 193 pictures p. 187 and 193. 98th BG web site. / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database