Howard Patrick Maupin

Military

Forced to make an emergency landing NE of Neerwinden, Belgium on 20 March 1944 in P-47D #42-22535 on a support mission to Frankfurt, Germany. Evaded (EVD). With the help of Belgian citizens and members of the Belgian Resistance, Maupin made it to the Marathon camps of Acremont and Porcheresse, where he was liberated by American troops on 5 September 1944. He was flown back to England on 7 September and rejoined his unit at Martlesham Heath. See more details on his page at http://www.evasioncomete.be/fmaupinhp.htm

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Kathleen Ann
  • Unit: 356th Fighter Group 360th Fighter Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Bradford, IL 61421, USA 5 May 1918

Enlisted

5 March 1941 Galva, Illinois

Other

Evaded capture (EVD)

Belgium 20 March 1944 - 5 September 1944 with the help of Belgian citizens and members of the Résistance. Was back in the UK on 7 September 1944.

Other

Returned to Military Control (RMC)

9 September 1944

Died

Galva, IL 61434, USA 27 February 1980

Buried

Howard Maupin rests at the Saint John Cemetery in Bradford, Stark County, Illinois.

Revisions

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ContributorED-BB
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Updated website address for evasioncomete

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ContributorED-BB
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MACR 3394
NARA WWII Enlistment records
Research for his page at http://www.evasioncomete.org/fmaupinhp.html (Comet network archives)

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ContributorLucy May
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Correspondence with researcher Gerard Uyttebroek and use of http://www.evasioncomete.org/fmaupinhp.html

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3394 / MACR 3394, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list