Harry E Owens
Military ROLL OF HONOURHere has been found the body of Sgt Owens the June 24th 1944 Fond Chauvin
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Assigned to 534BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF. Original member of Lt Larson's crew. 30 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Tours 24-Jun-44 in B-17 42-102585 'The Betty L'; flak hit in radio room, crashed Valleres-le-Hay, 12 miles SW of Tours, France; Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 6534
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38414001
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16168982
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-801290
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 6906254
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-809693
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Betty L
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 24 June 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
College Mound, Missouri, USA | 21 March 1908 | Son of Luther Berry and Susan Jane [Culbertson] Owens. Macon, Cty, Missouri |
Enlisted |
Los Angeles, CA | 18 November 1942 | Los Angeles, California |
Other Killed in Action |
Valleres-le-Hay, France | 24 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Tours 24-Jun-44 in B-17 42-102585 'The Betty L'; flak hit in radio room, crashed Valleres-le-Hay, France KIA. MACR 6534 |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Ridgewell | 24 June 1944 | Assigned to 534BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Enlisted |
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Buried |
Mount Carmel Cemetery Clifton Hill, Randolph County, MO | Re-Interred Mount Carmel Cemetery Clifton Hill, Randolph County, MO |
Revisions
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999, MACR 6534, www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6534 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database