Howard Nels Magnuson

Military

Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 12 x combat missions. Shot down 20-Jul-44 in B-17 42-31037 "Pistol Packin' Mama". Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 7545



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

People

Kenneth Robert Murgatroyd

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-757248
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (IN-F, serial number 42-31037) nicknamed "Pistol Packin' Mama" of the 613th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '1. Completed 7th msision Frankfurt, Jan. 29, 1944. 2. Lost 31 B-17's.'

42-31037

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Pistol Packin Mama
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag Luft IV

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Grays River, Washington 25 September 1924

Enlisted

Seattle, WA 15 April 1943 Seattle, Washington

Other

401st BG Combat Tour

Deenethorpe 12 June 1944 - 20 July 1944 Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Bailed out POW

Weimar, Gemany 20 July 1944 Shot down 20-Jul-44 in B-17 42-31037 'Pistol Packin' Mama'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 7545

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo,Poland 20 July 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Died

Naselle, WA 3 October 2004

Buried

Grays River Grange Cemetery Grays River, Wahkiakum County, WA 7 October 2004 Grays River Grange Cemetery Grays River, Wahkiakum County, Washington
Altoona, PA Worked in Salmon Cannery along with his new bride Joyce P [Kimball] Magnuson.

Revisions

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Corrected bio

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Removed # from A/C serial No. to aid clarity and consistency

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Added a "#" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

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http://whk.stparchive.com/Archive/WHK/WHK10072004P08.php
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7545 / MACR 7545,

href="http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2141">http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2141> / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database