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Personal info

Full name
HOWELL, Sylvester Van Syckle Jr
Date of birth
11 July 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
West Orange, Essex County, New Jersey
Hometown
West Orange, Essex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
O-835204
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
524th Bombardment Squadron,
379th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Distinguished Flying Cross,
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
Hopsten, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 31 12

Immediate family

Members
Sylvester V. S. Howell Sr. (father)
Thusnelda (Bachman) Howell (mother)
John D. Howell (brother)
Cynthia C. Howell (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
43-38818
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Hopsten, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the airfield
MACR: 13605

More information

Sylvester Howell attended college for two years.

He joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve in Newark, New Jersey.

Everyone on the plane was KIA as aircraft 43-3818 was hit by flak, burst into flames and exploded with no chutes deployed.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com Van hoven-Boyce Family Tree

Photo source: Peter Schouteten