Howard L Croner

Military
media-30748.jpeg UPL 30748 Howard L. Croner, 452nd Bomb Group. Charles D Taylor collection

"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 22 "Biographies", by Charles D Taylor.

Object Number - UPL 30748 - Howard L. Croner, 452nd Bomb Group.

'Since my WWII with the 8th air force on B-17s 34 missions from April 1944-August 1945 over Germany-France-Belgium-Poland to 1st Shuttle missions to Poltava, Russia-we lost 60-70 B17s from the greatest Air Raid the German Luftwaffe ever had-we were the victims-returned to England by ATC-Through Africa to England.

Awards; DFC, Air Medal with 5 clusters, Freedom Medallion (French) and Russian Medal commemorating the Poltava mission.

8AF, 452 BG, 728 BS- 34 missions B-17s. D-Day- 1st Shuttle Raid to Russia, 6/21/44- 5/12/ 44. Berlin 4x, Kiel, Brunswick- Munich- Regensburg, Bostock.'

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Units served with

The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.

452nd Bomb Group

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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Esterville, Iowa

Revisions

Date
ContributorHelen
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Iowans of the Might 8th

Date
ContributorEmily
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Self, via American Air Museum Memory Book Correspondence.

Date
ContributorAAM
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1999 Unit Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Howard L Croner: Gallery (4 items)

Object number: UPL 30747 - Howard L. Croner, 452nd Bomb Group (top centre)...

Object number: UPL 30748 - Howard L. Croner, 452nd Bomb Group.

Object number: UPL 6552 - Howard L Croner of the 452nd Bomb Group, 1944

Object number: UPL 6553 - Howard L Croner of the 452nd Bomb Group, 1944