Frank Kirby Cowan
MilitaryShot 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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Horn's Hornets
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Konzentrationslager Buchenwald
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Harrison, Arkansas, USA | 9 November 1922 | |
Died |
Harrison, Arkansas | 23 December 2009 |
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Sources
MACR 5917 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database