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Personal info

Full name
HOWIE, Donald Emerson
Date of birth
unknown
Age
unknown
Place of birth
unknown
Hometown
Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
O-820499
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
350th Fighter Squadron,
353rd Fighter Group
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Pocking, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 5 20

Immediate family

Members
Everett L. Howie (father)
Florence E. (Tadgell) Howie (mother)
Edith L. Howie (sister)
Robert L. Howie (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
44-15594
Data
Type: P51-D
Destination: Traunstein, Germany
Mission: Area Patrol
MACR: 13971

More information

2nd Lt Donald E. Howie attended high school for 4 years.

He volunteered for the Air Corps of U.S. Army Reserve in Boston, Massachusetts on 5 February 1943.

Statement of 1st Lt Bernard Greenfield:
"I was flying number four position. While strafng Focking Aerodrome I heard Lt Howie make the following transmission: "Hello Jonah, this is Seldon 67, I'm going to belly-in."
I didn't hear anyone ecknowledge the message nor was there any further transmission from Lt Howie.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.fold3.com - MACR
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Nancy Lynch