Howard Goodner

Howard Goodner, born 3–2–1924, Etowah, Tennessee.  Was in US Air Force, World War II.  Killed 4–21–1945 in B – 24 bombing mission over Regensburg, Germany.  Single.  Son of Miles Ernest Goodner and Callie E. Howard.  Howard had the misfortune of being aboard the last American bomber shot down over Germany during the Second World War.  His story has been retold by Stephen E. Ambrose in The Wild Blue and by his nephew, Thomas Childers, originally of Cleveland, Tennessee, in Wings of Morning.  Please select the book cover graphics below for more information on these two volumes honoring Howard and the men who served with him.

Howard Goodner, Westover Field, 1944
Stephen E. Ambrose is the author of numerous books on history, including the New York Times number one bestseller, Nothing Like It in the World, and Undaunted Courage, D-Day, and Citizen Soldiers. (From the flyleaf of The Wild Blue.)	Thomas Childers is a professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania.  His previous work has explored the German resistance, the political culture of Germany, and the language of German politics. (From the back cover of Wings of Morning.)