Archie F Bower Jr

Military

Shot down by fighters and crashed W of Landau, GR on a mission to Augsberg on 25 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-97457. Prisoner of War (POW).



Purple heart with 1/Oak Leaf Cluster; Air Medal

Connections

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.

457th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-97457

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron

Places

The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'

Glatton

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 26 February 1920

Other

Prisoner of war

25 February 1944

Died

1 February 2012

Buried

Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Revisions

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Contributoracbernstein1
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Contributorjmoore43
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Added "Possible DUPLICATE" in the Nickname field so an Admin can check out this person.
Added a connection to A/C #42-97457 listed in the "Summary biography".

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ContributorAAM
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1993 457th BGA Roster, MACR 2918, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia