Elres D Dowden

Military

Shot down by an ME109 on a mission to Frankfurt am Main on 8 Feb 1944 in B-17F #42-3357. The crew baled out prior to the a/c crashing near Laon, FR. Evaded (EVD).

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Units served with

Lieutenant John C "Red" Morgan of the 482nd Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Lt Red Morgan, Cong, Med of Hon.'

482nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Events

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Born

Shreveport, Louisiana

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2781, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces & page 22 in HISTORY OF THE OPERATIONAL PERIOD OF THE 482nd BOMBARDMENT GROUP, D790.G482.M6, 1944