Robert Stanley Bower
Military
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UPL 48988
1LT Robert S. Bower
Pilot
416th BG - 670BS - 9th AF
A-26B-20-DL #41-39223 "Burke II" Code: F6-B
Pilot
416th BG - 670BS - 9th AF
A-26B-20-DL #41-39223 "Burke II" Code: F6-B
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Bower became a Presbyterian Minister after the war
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 670th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
- Nicknames: Miss Laid
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 670th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
- Nicknames: Denver Darling
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 670th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Melun, Alsace
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Niles Junction, Ohio | 10 September 1920 | |
Niles, Ohio | 14 February 1942 | 314 Cherry Street Student at Westminster College | |
Enlisted |
Miami Beach, Florida | 22 February 1943 | |
Other First 416th BG Combat Mission |
Nutterden, Germany | 8 February 1945 | |
Other Final 416th BG Combat Mission |
Plattling, Germany | 26 April 1945 | Flew 37 combat missions |
Died |
Glen Burnie, Maryland | 11 September 2009 | |
Enlisted |
Shawnee on Delaware, PA | 14 September 2009 | Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery Shawnee on Delaware, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, USA |
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