James M Bowen

Military

POW. Crashed at Hintermuhlin on 7 Jan 45 in B-17 43-38968

Assigned Oct 1944. Jan 7 1945

Cologne mission: Weather worsened en route and a cloud caused confusing contrails at 24000feet. Visibility aloft was terrible. Aircraft collided with 43-38551.

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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

43-38551

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron

43-38968

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Prisoner of war

7 January 1945

Born

Row, Kentucky

Revisions

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources
Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Corrected 'Brown' to 'Bowen'. See:
MACR 11571 https://www.fold3.com/image/46709785
https://aad.archives.gov/aad/free-text-search-results.jsp?cat=WR26&bc=s…

MACR 11571 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11571; Snetterton Falcons, pg 221