Serviceman

Wilson W Howard

Play his story on the map built from his record

Army serial number

0749963

Rank

2d Lt (27 May 1944), 2LT (14 June 1944), 1st Lt (26 July 1944), SSGT (29 August 1944), 1LT (29 November 1944)

Hometown

Renault IL; ARKANSAS CITY KS

Also written

Wilson Howard

In the book

Heroes of the 483rd, p. 110, 182

Sources

483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org

Crews

• John P. Hucle Crew · 840th
• Neil Pratt Crew · 840th

Missions placed on him

• mission 151, 21 January 1945 · Vienna · Listed with the Neil Pratt crew, which flew it per its history (p. 182); whether he was aboard that day is not recorded
• mission 190, 26 March 1945 · Wiener Neustadt · Listed with the Neil Pratt crew, which flew it per its history (p. 182); whether he was aboard that day is not recorded

A report lists him aboard, or his crew's history in Heroes of the 483rd dates the mission; the book is cited by page and not reproduced. The rest of his squadron's missions in his window are not placed on him by any document.

Awards

From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.

Morning reports

6 entries, first 12 May 1944, last 4 October 1944; grades seen: 1st Lt, 2d Lt. The clerk's sentence is quoted as the machine read it from microfilm: "fr dy to DS" is from duty to detached service, "sk in hosp" sick in hospital, "asgd & jd" assigned and joined.

• 1944-05-12 840th: 2d Lt. 52 Dy to hosp, 9 May Wh, (4th Field Hosp)
• 1944-05-27 840th: 3 Hosp to dy.
• 1944-07-11 840th: 2d It 52 Dr to hosp (ID) OFFICER FLD 0 & CAPT
• 1944-07-26 840th: 3
• 1944-09-27 840th: 1st It
• 1944-10-04 840th: 1st It

National Archives pages: roll 474640174 p. 73, roll 474640174 p. 98, roll 481433713 p. 495, roll 481433713 p. 520, roll 570165454 p. 2654, roll 572487240 p. 2513