Frank Kirby Cowan

Military

Shot down by flak and crashed at Paris on 6/22/44 in B-17 #42102552 Prisoner of War (POW). Survived 4 different prison camps, including Buchenwald.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-102552

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Horn's Hornets
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron

Places

Buchenwald

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Konzentrationslager Buchenwald
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Harrison, Arkansas, USA 9 November 1922

Died

Harrison, Arkansas 23 December 2009

Revisions

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ContributorBlackbird2
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Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45742032/frank-kirby-cowan

https://jonathanturley.org/2013/04/21/kirby-cowan-the-airmen-of-buchenw…

Date
ContributorLucy May
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Sources

http://www.ww2pow.info/index.php?page=directory&rec=55623

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

MACR 5917 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database