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ERNEST F. HOWELL CREW - 358th BS
(Lt Howell assigned 358BS: 05 March 1944)
(Upgraded from CoPilot to Pilot: 24 April 1944)
2Lt Ernest F. Howell (P)(1)(*),
2Lt Campbell Miller (CP)(2),
2Lt Grover C. Williams (N)(3)(*),
2Lt William D. Campbell (B)(4)(*)
Sgt Jerome H. West (E)(5)(*),
Sgt Edward J. Lesser (R)(6),
S/Sgt Edward Ruppel (BTG)(7),
Sgt Robert L. Stone (LWG)(8A),
Sgt Frank L. Strickland (LWG)(8B),
Sgt Sheldon A. Stanford (RWG)(9),
S/Sgt Kendal M. McFarland (TG)(10)(*)
1Lt Howell Crew 14 Dispatched Combat Missions:
- 1Lt Walter A. Ames (P) with 2Lt Ernest F. Howell (CP) - 6 missions:
129 (27 Mar 44), 130, 131, 132, 134, 138 (20 Apr 44)
- 2Lt Ernest F. Howell (P) with 2Lt Campbell Miller (CP) - 8 missions:
140 (21 Apr 44), 141, 142, 146, 147, 150, 154, 155 (19 May 44)
Crew Notes - Combat missions flown
- 2Lt Ernest F. Howell (CP/P) 15 303BG missions
- 2Lt Campbell Miller (CP) 58 303BG missions --
Many missions as a Lead Crew Pilot.
Promoted to Captain on 16 Jan 1945
- 2Lt Grover Williams (N) 14 303BG missions
- 2Lt William D. Campbell (B)12 303BG missions
- Sgt Jerome H. West (E) 14 303BG missions
- Sgt Edward J. Lesser (R) 30 303BG missions
- S/Sgt Edward Ruppel (BTG) 19 303BG missions
- Sgt Robert L. Stone, Jr (BTG/LWG) 30 303BG missions
- Sgt Frank L. Strickland (LWG) 3 303BG missions -
Removed from flying status after mission 131.
- Sgt Sheldon A. Stafford (RWG/TG) 30 303BG missions
- S/Sgt Kendall H. McFarland (TG) 14 303BG missions
(*) Transferred to 15th Air Force in Italy on 23 May 1944
[Researched by Historian Harry D. Gobrecht]
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