Robert Stanley Bower

Military
media-48988.jpeg UPL 48988 1LT Robert S. Bower
Pilot
416th BG - 670BS - 9th AF
A-26B-20-DL #41-39223 "Burke II" Code: F6-B

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Object Number - UPL 48988 - 1LT Robert S. Bower Pilot 416th BG - 670BS - 9th AF A-26B-20-DL #41-39223 "Burke II" Code: F6-B

Bower became a Presbyterian Minister after the war

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Units served with

An A-26 Invader (F6-P, serial number 43-22330) nicknamed "For Pete's Sake" of the 416th Bomb Group prepares for take-off at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group . Written on slide casing: '416 BG Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Ninth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 670th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
  • Nicknames: Miss Laid
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 670th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
  • Nicknames: Denver Darling
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 670th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Melun, Alsace

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Niles Junction, Ohio 10 September 1920
Niles, Ohio 14 February 1942 314 Cherry Street Student at Westminster College

Enlisted

Miami Beach, Florida 22 February 1943

Other

First 416th BG Combat Mission

Nutterden, Germany 8 February 1945

Other

Final 416th BG Combat Mission

Plattling, Germany 26 April 1945 Flew 37 combat missions

Died

Glen Burnie, Maryland 11 September 2009

Enlisted

Shawnee on Delaware, PA 14 September 2009 Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery Shawnee on Delaware, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, USA

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