Robert Paul Howard (1934 - 1960)

Born 31 Jan 1934 in London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada

Died 29 Apr 1960 at age 26 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

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Biography

Robert Paul Howard was born on January 31, 1934 in London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.^[1]

Robert died on April 29, 1960 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, aged 26. He was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery and Crematorium, London, Middlesex County, Ontario.^{[1] [2]}

At night, No 12 RCAF (Air Transport Command, Ottawa) Squadron's North American B-25 Mitchell III (#5220) aircraft had just taken off from Milwaukee airport with an intended destination of Truax Field Air National Guard Base at the Dane County Regional Airport near Madison, Wisconsin. But with one engine out of control and with a runaway (over-speeding) propeller, the Mitchell was forced to turn back. Tragically, it crashed into the Milwaukee harbour of Lake Michigan, 1 mile off shore, after it crash-landed on the Milwaukee runway. All six people on board the Mitchell perished in the accident.

Military Service

Service Number: 80220

Age: 26

Force: Air Force

Unit: 412 Transport Squadron

Citation(s): United Nations Emergency Force (Egypt) -UNEF

Enlistment: February 16, 1951 London, Ontario

Son of William and Cherry Howard. Husband of Joan Howard of London, Ontario.Father of William and Peter Howard.

Commemorated on Page 108 of the In the Service of Canada (1947 - 2014) Book of Remembrance.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143877792/robert_paul-howard: accessed April 29, 2024), memorial page for Flying Officer Robert Paul Howard (31 Jan 1934–29 Apr 1960), Find A Grave: Memorial #143877792, citing Mount Pleasant Cemetery and Crematorium, London, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by SJB Hearn (contributor 46864594).
2. ↑ https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/80003235?Robert%20Paul%20Howard