Howard Patrick Maupin
MilitaryForced 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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Kathleen Ann
- Unit: 356th Fighter Group 360th Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 20 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
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
MACR 3394
NARA WWII Enlistment records
Research for his page at http://www.evasioncomete.org/fmaupinhp.html (Comet network archives)
Correspondence with researcher Gerard Uyttebroek and use of http://www.evasioncomete.org/fmaupinhp.html
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