Howard Hively
"Deacon"
Norman, OK
Howard Hively and his P-47, "The Deacon"
Howard Hively's Medals
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| Airmedal | Distinguished Flying Cross | Distinguished Service Cross | Purple Heart |
| (7 Oak Leaf Clusters) | (6 Oak Leaf Clusters) |
Assigned Aircraft
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| AIRCRAFT | SERIAL NUMBER | CALL LETTERS | DATES ASSIGNED | DESCRIPTION | DISPOSITION |
| P-47C | 41-6576 | QP-J | 4/4/43-6/15/43 | "The Deacon", preacher with Bible on yellow circle | MIA 6/15/43 while flown by H. Hively |
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| P-51B | 43-6898 | QP-J | Spring '44-6/6/44 | "Deacon", preacher with Bible on yellow circle, 9 black and white kill crosses, olive drab and gray, full D-Day bands, red outlined codes, red ETO band on tail fin/rudder, Malcolm hood | MIA 6/6/44 while flown by W. Sobanski |
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| P-51D | 44-15347 | QP-J | 1/45-4/25/45 | Olive drab upper sides, metal finish undersides, black ETO bands on mainplanes, red bordered codes, red rudder/fin top | Transferred to L. Norley. MIA 4/25/45 while flown by W. Hoelscher. Was the last plane to be lost in action by the 4th in the war. |
Victories
(includes only those while in the 4th FG)
| Date | Enemy A/C | Air/Ground | Place | Number | |
 | 8/16/43 | FW-190 | Air | n/w of Paris, Fr. | 1 |
| | 3/5/44 | Me-109 | Air | Mont De Marsan area, Fr. | 2 |
| | 3/21/44 | Ju-88 | Ground | Bordeaux-Langen area, Fr. | 0.5 |
| | 3/27/44 | Ju-88 | Ground | Cazaux A/D, Fr. | 1 |
| | 5/12/44 | Me-109 | Air | Plaven, Ger. | 1 |
| | 5/19/44 | Me-109 | Air | Lubeck-Schwerin, Ger. | 3 |
| | 5/24/44 | Me-109 | Air | Hamburg area, Ger. | 1 |
| | 7/2/44 | Me-109 | Air | over Budapest, Hun. | 2 |
| | 11/18/44 | Me-262 | Ground | Leipheim A/D, Ger. | 1 |
| | 12/5/44 | FW-190 | Air | n/w of Nordhorn, Ger. | 1 |
| TOTAL VICTORIES | 4TH FG | ||||
| Air | Ground | Total | Air | Ground | Total |
| 12 | 2.5 | 14.5 | 12 | 2.5 | 14.5 |