Found another clue in this story which mentions Howard and his squadron commander, John Robert Dyas:
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1186...star-telegram/
Major John Robert Dyas was squadron commander of this squadron, the 154th Observation, Reconnaissance,
and Weather-Reconnaissance at the time of the article:
https://15thaf.org/154th_Weather_Sqd...he%20154th.pdf
Found another article which is about the other pilot (Kingsbury) mentioned in the first story above:
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1186...reporter-news/
Of interest in this second story is the comment that Kingsbury flew both pursuit planes and bombers while overseas.