Elmer O Bowers
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 384FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited 1.5 destroyed. Failed to Return (FTR) area support mission to Duisberg, Germany. After combat with enemy fighters, seen to be streaming smoke from engine, crashed near Duisburg on 19-Sep-44 in P-51D 44-13822 Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 9015.
Awards: DFC, AM (4OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 364th Fighter Group 384th Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 19 September 1944
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Honington
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Philadelphia, PA, USA | 15 October 1918 | Son of James O and Susan M Bowers. |
Other Promotion |
Honington, Bury Saint Edmunds IP31, UK | 20 June 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
Died |
Duisburg, Germany | 19 September 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) area support mission to Duisberg, Germany. After combat with enemy fighters, seen to be streaming smoke from engine, crashed near Duisburg on 19-Sep-44 in P-51D 44-13822 Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 9015. |
Other E/A Destroyed |
Duisburg, Germany | 19 September 1944 | 1.5 E/A destroyed Duisburg Area, Germany. |
Bristol, PA 19007, USA | |||
Based |
Honington | 19 September 1944 | Assigned to 384FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Neuville-en-Condroz Arrondissement de Liège Liège, Belgium | ||
Enlisted |
Bucks County, PA, USA |
Revisions
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http://www.cieldegloire.com/fg_364.php
http://aces.safarikovi.org/victories/doc/usaf.aerial.victory.credits-ww…
http://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/american-war-cemetery-a…
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9020576
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9015