Andrew Stevenson Low Jr
Military
Object Number - UPL 45901 - Maj Gen Andrew Stevenson Low Jr, 564BS, 389BG
Assigned to the 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. 16 x combat missions. He was group Op's officer when he went on the PFF ship. He was on Pathfinder (PFF) B-24 41-28778 when shot down and crashed at Viernheim on 31-Jul-44, POW. MACR 7747
Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), LOM, PH, POW, AFC, WWII Victory, EAME.
"A stained glass window to his memory was dedicated in the Chapel of the Fallen Eagles in the 8th AF museum grounds in Savannah, Georgia on 21-Mar-03."
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Westerly, Rhode Island, USA | 26 February 1917 | Son of Andrew S. Low and Jessie [Love] Low. |
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Other Bailed out |
Viernheim, Germany | 31 July 1944 | Shot down and bailed out Viernheim from B-24 41-28778 31-Jul-44. POW. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 31 July 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Died |
Newport, Rhode Island, USA | 1 August 2000 | (aged 83) |
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Buried |
United States Military Academy Post Cemetery West Point, Orange County, NY | 4 August 2000 | United States Military Academy Post Cemetery West Point, Orange County, New York |
| Allentown, Rhode Island |
Revisions
Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography" and event comments - "Viernheim" was misspelled.
Updated rank, nickname & middle name per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 137654589.
Added Born event and updated Died and Buried events per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 137654589.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000; 8th AF News, September 2000 MACR 7747 & Page 334 in the book SECOND AIR DIVISION by Turner Publishing Company, 1998 edition, D790.A2S45; In Search of Peace, pg 107 (p
