Having actually gone "Missing" on the above date, he was not officially declared by the military as being dead until February 22, 1946.
Howard served as a Captain & Pilot on P-61A #42-5515, 419th Night Fighter Squadron, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Kansas prior to the war.
Howard was declared "Missing In Action" when the P-61 he was on failed to return from a mission in the vicinity of Waigeo Island in the Pacific.
He was awarded an Air Medal and a Purple Heart.
Service # O-885420
The remains of the plane were found in the jungle on New Guinea. There is no record of any of the airmen's remains also being there. Possibly bailed out.
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Airmen who perished on P-61A #42-5515:
Daniel, Howard G ~ Capt, Pilot, Kansas
Ozmun, Harold E ~ 2nd Lt, Radio/Radar, Oklahoma
Yahn, William W ~ Sgt, Gunner, New York
( Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
( Special thanks to: Tim Cook for finding more info on this crew. )
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Previously added to Find A Grave,
source unknown:
ABMC record:
Howard G. Daniel
Captain, U.S. Army Air Forces
Service # 0-885420
419th Night Fighter Squadron
Entered the Service from: Kansas
Died: 22-Feb-46
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery
Manila, Philippines
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Plot-tablets of the Missing
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Howard served as a Captain & Pilot on P-61A #42-5515, 419th Night Fighter Squadron, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Kansas prior to the war.
Howard was declared "Missing In Action" when the P-61 he was on failed to return from a mission in the vicinity of Waigeo Island in the Pacific.
He was awarded an Air Medal and a Purple Heart.
Service # O-885420
The remains of the plane were found in the jungle on New Guinea. There is no record of any of the airmen's remains also being there. Possibly bailed out.
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Airmen who perished on P-61A #42-5515:
Daniel, Howard G ~ Capt, Pilot, Kansas
Ozmun, Harold E ~ 2nd Lt, Radio/Radar, Oklahoma
Yahn, William W ~ Sgt, Gunner, New York
( Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
( Special thanks to: Tim Cook for finding more info on this crew. )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Previously added to Find A Grave,
source unknown:
ABMC record:
Howard G. Daniel
Captain, U.S. Army Air Forces
Service # 0-885420
419th Night Fighter Squadron
Entered the Service from: Kansas
Died: 22-Feb-46
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery
Manila, Philippines
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Plot-tablets of the Missing
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Having actually gone "Missing" on the above date, he was not officially declared by the military as being dead until February 22, 1946.
Howard served as a Captain & Pilot on P-61A #42-5515, 419th Night Fighter Squadron, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Kansas prior to the war.
Howard was declared "Missing In Action" when the P-61 he was on failed to return from a mission in the vicinity of Waigeo Island in the Pacific.
He was awarded an Air Medal and a Purple Heart.
Service # O-885420
The remains of the plane were found in the jungle on New Guinea. There is no record of any of the airmen's remains also being there. Possibly bailed out.
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Airmen who perished on P-61A #42-5515:
Daniel, Howard G ~ Capt, Pilot, Kansas
Ozmun, Harold E ~ 2nd Lt, Radio/Radar, Oklahoma
Yahn, William W ~ Sgt, Gunner, New York
( Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
( Special thanks to: Tim Cook for finding more info on this crew. )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Previously added to Find A Grave,
source unknown:
ABMC record:
Howard G. Daniel
Captain, U.S. Army Air Forces
Service # 0-885420
419th Night Fighter Squadron
Entered the Service from: Kansas
Died: 22-Feb-46
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery
Manila, Philippines
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Plot-tablets of the Missing
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Howard served as a Captain & Pilot on P-61A #42-5515, 419th Night Fighter Squadron, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Kansas prior to the war.
Howard was declared "Missing In Action" when the P-61 he was on failed to return from a mission in the vicinity of Waigeo Island in the Pacific.
He was awarded an Air Medal and a Purple Heart.
Service # O-885420
The remains of the plane were found in the jungle on New Guinea. There is no record of any of the airmen's remains also being there. Possibly bailed out.
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Airmen who perished on P-61A #42-5515:
Daniel, Howard G ~ Capt, Pilot, Kansas
Ozmun, Harold E ~ 2nd Lt, Radio/Radar, Oklahoma
Yahn, William W ~ Sgt, Gunner, New York
( Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
( Special thanks to: Tim Cook for finding more info on this crew. )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Previously added to Find A Grave,
source unknown:
ABMC record:
Howard G. Daniel
Captain, U.S. Army Air Forces
Service # 0-885420
419th Night Fighter Squadron
Entered the Service from: Kansas
Died: 22-Feb-46
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery
Manila, Philippines
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Plot-tablets of the Missing
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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