Orland
T. Howard
Photo from Niels Christian Pihl Airman: v999028.htm Surname: Howard Init: O T Rank: 2ndLt Service: USAAF Sqdn: 715 Pedersker 5 May 1996 P_link: p306.htm Plane: B24 41-29479 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Near Poulsker Crash_d: d290444 Buried_d: v999 C_link: v999.htm At_Next: EVD
B24 41-29479 "Gypsy
Moth" var den 29. april 1944 med start fra basen Seething på bombetogt "Under indflyvningen til målet blev flyet ramt af
flak, og bombelugerne kunne ikke åbnes ved hjælp af automatik. Med håndkraft
blev de dog åbnet og med noget besvær blev bombelasten derefter kastet. Efter
passage af Berlin fik flyet alvorlige motorproblemer, og ud over Østersøen fløj
man på kun en Det sidste besætningsmedlem, Pilot 2nd Lt
Orland T. Howard, fik man kontakt med kort efter
at
Starting from
Seething Airfield on 29 April 1944
B24 41-29479 "Gypsy
Moth" was on a
bombing "The plane was hit by flak on its approach to target, and the bomb hatches could not be opened automatically. However, they were opened by hand and then the bomb load was dropped with some difficulty. Having passed Berlin the plane had serious engine problems, and over the Baltic Sea only one engine worked. The pilot ordered that the plane was to be abandoned as soon as they were over land again. The first man bailed out over Poulsker (about here) at an altitude of 3400 feet and the last, the pilot, bailed out at an altitude of 2400 feet. (At this airman you only read the story of him and his companion. See the others at B24 41-29479). The last crew member
Pilot 2nd Lt
Orland T.
Howard was contacted by Danes shortly after the other airmen had been sent
on their way. He was found in a hayloft, Orland T. Howard visited Bornholm in 1996, where he also laid a wreath at Ambrosini´s grave in Pedersker Churchyard. This B-24H Liberator belonged to 715th Bombardment Squadron, 448th Bombardment Group, (Heavy) 8th Air Force. See 8th Air Force in World War II. 10 airmen. |