Jack Bowden
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down on 30-Jan-44 in B-17 42-31535, Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2876
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down on 30-Jan-44 in B-17 42-31535, Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2876
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down on 30-Jan-44 in B-17 42-31535, Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2876
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down on 30-Jan-44 in B-17 42-31535, Prisoner of War (POW). MACR
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down on 30-Jan-44 in B-17 42-31535, Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2876
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Brunswick in B-17 42-31535; shot down by enemy aircraft on 30-Jan-44, baled out near Essern, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2876
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down on 30-Jan-44 in B-17 42-31535, Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2876
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down on 30-Jan-44 in B-17 42-31535, Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2876
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down on 30-Jan-44 in B-17 42-31535, Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2876
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 9 x combat missions. Shot down on 30-Jan-44 in B-17 42-31535, Killed in Action(KIA). MACR 2876
Awards: PH.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 12 x combat missions. Shot down on 30-Jan-44 in B-17 42-31535, Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2876
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Group
The 379th Bomb Group (H) (heavy), based at Kimbolton, flew more sorties than any other Bomb Group in the Eighth Air Force and dropped a greater bomb tonnage than any other Group. The B-17 Flying Fortress Group was awarded two Distinguished Unit...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 19/11/43; Kearney 2/12/43; Syracuse 8/12/43; Presque Is 11/12/43; Assigned 527BS/379BG [FO-Y] Kimbolton 24/1/44; Missing in Action Brunswick 30/1/44 with Ken Adams, Co-pilot: Jack Bowden, Navigator: Vince Morkus, Bombardier: Leon...
Military site : airfield
Planned for RAF use, Kimbolton airfield was built by W and C French Ltd. in 1941. The airfield was increased in size to accommodate a full US heavy Bomb Group, and the first such unit to us it was the 91st Bomb Group, who arrived in September 1942....
Other location
Other location
Event | Location | Date |
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Born | Knoxville, Tennessee, USA | 15 October 1918 |
Son of W J Adams. |
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Based | Kimbolton | 1943 – 30 January 1944 |
Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Prisoner of War (POW) | Barth, Germany | 30 January 1944 – May 1945 |
Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Buried | National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ | 19 March 2008 |
National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona |
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Enlisted |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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12 July 2020 12:43:26 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, service number, highest rank, biography, awards, events, unit associations and place associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/28747225 |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
26 April 2020 19:13:54 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency. |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:17:50 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2876 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |