Philip Arthur Bowman

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 27 May 1944 in B-24 #42-95091. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.

389th Bomb Group

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

People

James Thomas Daniels

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14139966
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Adelbert Earl Dorsett

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12086632 at enlistment, then O-689520
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Jack Arlen Griffith

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15095755 at enlistment, then O-755181
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Francis Lawn

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12054324 at enlistment, then O-695069
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Edward George Leininger

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16059738 at enlistment, then O-793811
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-95091

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Springfield, Missouri 22 January 1922

Enlisted

20 July 1942 Tulsa, Oklahoma

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Püttlingen, Germany 27 May 1944 in the crash of B-24 #42-95091, Püttlingen, Germany

Buried

28 May 1944 in the Püttlingen cemetery, Germany
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Enlisted

Revisions

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

NARA WWII Enlistment records
German report KU-1981 (NARA)
ABMC website

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

MACR 5260
WWII Draft card NARA

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5260 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database