Lawrence Summer Bowers
MilitaryShot up on 13th mission--crash landed in oat field in England. Shot down on Kassel mission, 27 September 1944 in B-24 #42-50961 - Lt Reg Miner's crew. 445th lost 25 planes--117 killed, 121 survived. Prisoner of War (POW) for 7 months. 3 months spent at Luft IV. Four months on 800 miles (app. ) through Germany.
EAME Ribbon w/5 Bronze stars, AM 2 Oak Leaf Cluster, PH, GCM, POW medal
1-probable
Connections
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 27 September 1944
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Tivetshall
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Moreland, Georgia | 2 December 1927 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 27 September 1944 | Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16 |
Revisions
Added an association to the 8th AF Mission #650 for 27 Sep 1944 per info in the "Summary biography".
Added an association to Stalag Luft 4 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Added a connection to A/C #42-50961 listed in the "Summary biography".
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self, MACR 9751 & SECOND AIR DIVISION by Turner Publishing Company, D790.A2S45, 1998, page 214