Howard J Bone
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 25553 - P-38J 42-67279 pictured shortly after the devastating crash at Anstey 4th Mar 44.
Assigned to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Crashed upon landing after returning to base after take off on an escort mission to Berlin on 4-Mar-44 in P-38J 42-67279. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 338th Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 4 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
East St Louis, IL, USA | 21 May 1918 | |
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Enlisted |
Illinois, USA | 10 August 1942 | |
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Based |
Wormingford | 19 November 1943 - 4 March 1944 | Assigned to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Died |
Anstey, Leicester, UK | 4 March 1944 | Crashed upon landing after returning to base after take off on an escort mission to Berlin on 4-Mar-44 in P-38J 42-67279. Killed in Action (KIA). |
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Buried |
7 March 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial | |
| East St Louis, IL, USA | |||
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Buried |
Mt Auburn, IL 62547, USA | Re-Interred Mount Auburn Greenville Illinois |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
