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HOWORUSZ, John Frank - Date of
birth
8 July 1917 -
Age
25 - Place of
birth
Dettroit, Wayne County, Michigan -
Hometown
Wayne County, Michigan
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
10600431 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
Waist Gunner -
Unit
324th Bombardment Squadron,
91st Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
4 March 1943 - Place of
death
Wadden Sea, south of Texel Island, The Netherlands
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Frank J. Howorusz (father)
Josephine (Smykowski) Howorusz (mother)
Joseph Howorusz (brother)
Sophie R. Howorusz (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-5370 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Hamm, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the marshalling yard
MACR: 16102
More information
Sgt John F. Howorusz worked in a glass factory before he enlisted in the Canadian Air Force in early 1941 and after American entered the war he transferred to the U.S. Army Air Corps on 28 October 1942.The airplane was shot down by Hptm Lutje of IV/NJG1. Nine crew members were killed, one survived and was taken prisoner.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / family tree
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Susan Linton - Ron Marceau (nephew)