Howard Drew Hinman
Military
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UPL 36173
Front row: L to R
Vernon R. Smith, George A. Dickerson, Calvin F. Ford, Robert L. Greenhaigh
Back row: L to R, Walter D. Johnson, David C. Sharman, Joseph Lemischak, Howard D Hinman, Johnie B. Bryant, Quentin E. Freed
Vernon R. Smith, George A. Dickerson, Calvin F. Ford, Robert L. Greenhaigh
Back row: L to R, Walter D. Johnson, David C. Sharman, Joseph Lemischak, Howard D Hinman, Johnie B. Bryant, Quentin E. Freed
VIA MIKE STRICKLER GRANDSON OF VERNON SMITH
Assigned to 526BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down on 9-Oct-43 in B-17 42-5407 'Fighting Pappy', Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 1354
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Fightin' Pappy
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Colebrook, NH | 5 June 1912 | Son of John Holmes and Jennie Crawford [Drew] Hinman. |
Enlisted |
Fort Jackson, Columbia, SC | 17 September 1942 | Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Moosburg, Germany | 9 October 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag XVIIb. |
Died |
Reedsport, OR | 8 August 1996 | |
Buried |
Reedsport Masonic Cemetery Reedsport, Douglas County, OR | 11 August 1996 | Reedsport Masonic Cemetery Reedsport, Douglas County, Oregon |
Based |
Kimbolton | 9 October 1943 |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1354 / MACR 1354; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 282 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database