Howard L Abney
Military
Rear L-R: 2Lt Calder L Wise, 1Lt John W Hendry, 1Lt Richard L Kruse, 1Lt Bernard T McNamara, 2Lt Richard E. Webster.
Front L-R: S/Sgt John C Arasin, S/Sgt John J Doherty, T/Sgt James J Brown, S/Sgt Olwin L Humphries, S/Sgt Howard L. Abney, T/Sgt Loran C Biddle.
Object Number - UPL 36712 - "Lt. Kruse and crew of the 358th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, beside a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. England, 20 July 1943." Rear L-R: 2Lt...
11 missions from July to August 1943. Severely wounded and unable to return to active duty as gunner.
1. 10 July 1943 -Poix, France
2. 14 July, 1943 -Villacoublay, France
3. 24 July 1943 -Heroya, Norway
4. 25 July 1943 -Hamburg, Germany
5. 26 July 1943 -Hamburg, Germany
6. 30 July 1943 -Kassel, Germany (1 Me 109)
7. 12 August 1943 -Gelsenkirchen, Germany (1 FW 190)
8. 15 August 1943 -Abbeville, France
9. 16 August 1943 -Paris, France
10. 17 August 1943 -Schweinfurt, Germany (1 Me 110)
11. 19 August 1943 -Gilse-Rijen, Netherlands -WIA (1 FW 190)
DFC/ AM 3 w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH/ GC/ ETO w/ battle star/ DUC
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Black Diamond Express
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 92nd Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron 359th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Cedartown, Georgia | 23 May 1921 | Son of John Wesley and Myrtle Lucille [Roberts] Abney. |
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Died |
East Gadsden, AL | 20 August 2002 | |
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Based |
Molesworth | 19 August 1943 | Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Crestwood Memorial Cemetery, AL | Crestwood Memorial Cemetery East Gadsden, Etowah County, AL |
Revisions
Added Some Punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self
