Howard Nels Magnuson
MilitaryAssigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 12 x combat missions. Shot down 20-Jul-44 in B-17 42-31037 "Pistol Packin' Mama". Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 7545
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: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-757248
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Pistol Packin Mama
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Grays River, Washington | 25 September 1924 | |
Enlisted |
Seattle, WA | 15 April 1943 | Seattle, Washington |
Other 401st BG Combat Tour |
Deenethorpe | 12 June 1944 - 20 July 1944 | Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Bailed out POW |
Weimar, Gemany | 20 July 1944 | Shot down 20-Jul-44 in B-17 42-31037 'Pistol Packin' Mama'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 7545 |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo,Poland | 20 July 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Died |
Naselle, WA | 3 October 2004 | |
Buried |
Grays River Grange Cemetery Grays River, Wahkiakum County, WA | 7 October 2004 | Grays River Grange Cemetery Grays River, Wahkiakum County, Washington |
Altoona, PA | Worked in Salmon Cannery along with his new bride Joyce P [Kimball] Magnuson. |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7545 / MACR 7545,
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