William E Howard

Military

Shot down 4 February 1943 in B-17F 41-24589 'Texas Bronco' while serving as Tail Gunner Prisoner of War (POW). Aircraft was damaged by flak on a mission to bomb the port area of Emden, Germany then attacked by German fighters. ME 110s and JU88s. The pilots crash landed on the beach at Terschelling, Holland and destroyed the plane.

POW

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

41-24589

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Texas Bronco
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Lincoln Park, Michigan 4 February 1943 - 22 September 1944 Held at Stalag 7A, Moosburg, Bavaria. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 22-Sep-44. This RMC date indicates that he was probably too wounded for the Germans to consider keeping him and was paroled and repatriated to the Allies.

Born

New Boston, Michigan, USA

Revisions

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 27-Jan-2015. Added decorations, made connection to Place and Mission within existing website data; Corrected role to Tail Gunner per 91BG/323BS Daily Report of 4-Feb-43; Added SN per MACR 15124. Added POW event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database; Edited Biography adding crew position and target information per "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.

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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 / MACR 15124 / MACR 15124, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey p. 73, National Archives POW web site r. / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database