USAAF WORLD WAR II
Pilot 2nd/Lt. Norman E. Howe POW
Hometown: Tucson, Arizona
Squadron: 506th 44th Bomb Group
Service# 0-1101878
Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
MACR #6150
Target: Genshagen/Berlin, Germany
Mission Date: 21-Jun-44
Serial Number: #42-100411
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter: E-Bar,
Aircraft Name:
Location:
Cause:Flak
The 44th’s target was the Daimler-Benz Motor Works, but very bad weather prevented visual bombing, so Berlin was hit utilizing the PFF method of bombing. One 66th Squadron aircraft crash-landed at Shipdham with wounded aboard, and a 506th Squadron crew, flying a borrowed plane, did not return.
Note: This was the 8th Air Force’s first shuttle raid to Russia, in which 1st Division B-17s flew on to bases in Mirgorod and Poltava.
“As we turned north and quickly approached our target, the whole damn sky, almost as far as the eye could see, was a blazing inferno created by the hundreds of anti-aircraft guns installed there. Off to each side, German spotter planes were flying at our exact altitude, relaying this information to the gun batteries below, increasing their efficiency for their devastating barrage on our bombers. Although we tried to ignore it, we could see bombers ahead of us falling out of formation, some blowing up, and an ever increasing number of parachutes floating down over the cityWe received a direct hit through #1 engine just before the bomb run, and fell out of formation. After salvoing our bombs we headed cross-country hoping to tag onto some formation, but were hit by about six ME-109s who took turns at us. When it became evident that we could no longer stay airborne (about 12,000 feet), we bailed out and all became POWs except our co-pilot Henderson. He was killed by civilians when he landed.
Lt. Howe Crew
2nd/Lt. Norman E. Howe Pilot POW
2nd/Lt. Gordon W. Henderson Co. Pilot POW
2nd/Lt. David M. Harris> Navigator POW
2nd/Lt. Franklin W. Binkley Bombardier POW
S/Sgt. Robert E. Smith Engineer POW
S/Sgt. Henry D. Faller Radio op. POW
S/Sgt. Frank Stoltz Gunner POW
S/Sgt. William L. McConnaughhay Gunner POW
S/Sgt. Francis E. Termin Gunner POW
Pilot 2nd/Lt. Norman E. Howe POW
Hometown: Tucson, Arizona
Squadron: 506th 44th Bomb Group
Service# 0-1101878
Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
MACR #6150
Target: Genshagen/Berlin, Germany
Mission Date: 21-Jun-44
Serial Number: #42-100411
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter: E-Bar,
Aircraft Name:
Location:
Cause:Flak
The 44th’s target was the Daimler-Benz Motor Works, but very bad weather prevented visual bombing, so Berlin was hit utilizing the PFF method of bombing. One 66th Squadron aircraft crash-landed at Shipdham with wounded aboard, and a 506th Squadron crew, flying a borrowed plane, did not return.
Note: This was the 8th Air Force’s first shuttle raid to Russia, in which 1st Division B-17s flew on to bases in Mirgorod and Poltava.
“As we turned north and quickly approached our target, the whole damn sky, almost as far as the eye could see, was a blazing inferno created by the hundreds of anti-aircraft guns installed there. Off to each side, German spotter planes were flying at our exact altitude, relaying this information to the gun batteries below, increasing their efficiency for their devastating barrage on our bombers. Although we tried to ignore it, we could see bombers ahead of us falling out of formation, some blowing up, and an ever increasing number of parachutes floating down over the cityWe received a direct hit through #1 engine just before the bomb run, and fell out of formation. After salvoing our bombs we headed cross-country hoping to tag onto some formation, but were hit by about six ME-109s who took turns at us. When it became evident that we could no longer stay airborne (about 12,000 feet), we bailed out and all became POWs except our co-pilot Henderson. He was killed by civilians when he landed.
Lt. Howe Crew
2nd/Lt. Norman E. Howe Pilot POW
2nd/Lt. Gordon W. Henderson Co. Pilot POW
2nd/Lt. David M. Harris> Navigator POW
2nd/Lt. Franklin W. Binkley Bombardier POW
S/Sgt. Robert E. Smith Engineer POW
S/Sgt. Henry D. Faller Radio op. POW
S/Sgt. Frank Stoltz Gunner POW
S/Sgt. William L. McConnaughhay Gunner POW
S/Sgt. Francis E. Termin Gunner POW
USAAF WORLD WAR II
Pilot 2nd/Lt. Norman E. Howe POW
Hometown: Tucson, Arizona
Squadron: 506th 44th Bomb Group
Service# 0-1101878
Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
MACR #6150
Target: Genshagen/Berlin, Germany
Mission Date: 21-Jun-44
Serial Number: #42-100411
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter: E-Bar,
Aircraft Name:
Location:
Cause:Flak
The 44th’s target was the Daimler-Benz Motor Works, but very bad weather prevented visual bombing, so Berlin was hit utilizing the PFF method of bombing. One 66th Squadron aircraft crash-landed at Shipdham with wounded aboard, and a 506th Squadron crew, flying a borrowed plane, did not return.
Note: This was the 8th Air Force’s first shuttle raid to Russia, in which 1st Division B-17s flew on to bases in Mirgorod and Poltava.
“As we turned north and quickly approached our target, the whole damn sky, almost as far as the eye could see, was a blazing inferno created by the hundreds of anti-aircraft guns installed there. Off to each side, German spotter planes were flying at our exact altitude, relaying this information to the gun batteries below, increasing their efficiency for their devastating barrage on our bombers. Although we tried to ignore it, we could see bombers ahead of us falling out of formation, some blowing up, and an ever increasing number of parachutes floating down over the cityWe received a direct hit through #1 engine just before the bomb run, and fell out of formation. After salvoing our bombs we headed cross-country hoping to tag onto some formation, but were hit by about six ME-109s who took turns at us. When it became evident that we could no longer stay airborne (about 12,000 feet), we bailed out and all became POWs except our co-pilot Henderson. He was killed by civilians when he landed.
Lt. Howe Crew
2nd/Lt. Norman E. Howe Pilot POW
2nd/Lt. Gordon W. Henderson Co. Pilot POW
2nd/Lt. David M. Harris> Navigator POW
2nd/Lt. Franklin W. Binkley Bombardier POW
S/Sgt. Robert E. Smith Engineer POW
S/Sgt. Henry D. Faller Radio op. POW
S/Sgt. Frank Stoltz Gunner POW
S/Sgt. William L. McConnaughhay Gunner POW
S/Sgt. Francis E. Termin Gunner POW
Pilot 2nd/Lt. Norman E. Howe POW
Hometown: Tucson, Arizona
Squadron: 506th 44th Bomb Group
Service# 0-1101878
Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
MACR #6150
Target: Genshagen/Berlin, Germany
Mission Date: 21-Jun-44
Serial Number: #42-100411
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter: E-Bar,
Aircraft Name:
Location:
Cause:Flak
The 44th’s target was the Daimler-Benz Motor Works, but very bad weather prevented visual bombing, so Berlin was hit utilizing the PFF method of bombing. One 66th Squadron aircraft crash-landed at Shipdham with wounded aboard, and a 506th Squadron crew, flying a borrowed plane, did not return.
Note: This was the 8th Air Force’s first shuttle raid to Russia, in which 1st Division B-17s flew on to bases in Mirgorod and Poltava.
“As we turned north and quickly approached our target, the whole damn sky, almost as far as the eye could see, was a blazing inferno created by the hundreds of anti-aircraft guns installed there. Off to each side, German spotter planes were flying at our exact altitude, relaying this information to the gun batteries below, increasing their efficiency for their devastating barrage on our bombers. Although we tried to ignore it, we could see bombers ahead of us falling out of formation, some blowing up, and an ever increasing number of parachutes floating down over the cityWe received a direct hit through #1 engine just before the bomb run, and fell out of formation. After salvoing our bombs we headed cross-country hoping to tag onto some formation, but were hit by about six ME-109s who took turns at us. When it became evident that we could no longer stay airborne (about 12,000 feet), we bailed out and all became POWs except our co-pilot Henderson. He was killed by civilians when he landed.
Lt. Howe Crew
2nd/Lt. Norman E. Howe Pilot POW
2nd/Lt. Gordon W. Henderson Co. Pilot POW
2nd/Lt. David M. Harris> Navigator POW
2nd/Lt. Franklin W. Binkley Bombardier POW
S/Sgt. Robert E. Smith Engineer POW
S/Sgt. Henry D. Faller Radio op. POW
S/Sgt. Frank Stoltz Gunner POW
S/Sgt. William L. McConnaughhay Gunner POW
S/Sgt. Francis E. Termin Gunner POW
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