Robert Honson Owen

Military
Robert H. Owen, Dutch Resistance photo UPL 65124 UPL 65124 Robert H. Owen, Dutch Resistance photo

photo acquired from the Stichting Missing Airmen Memorial Foundation

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Object Number - UPL 65124 - Robert H. Owen, Dutch Resistance photo

On a mission to Erkner Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-24J #42-99975 'The Latrine Rumor' aka Yankee-Rebel Harmony made a forced landing near Wartena, Holland hitting a windmill that crushed the nose section. Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Nose Gunner
Back row: John Kendrick, Steve Judd, Allen Seamans, Robert Owen. Front row: John Owens, William Mineer, Stanley Stanczkiewicz, Frank Kettner, James Graham, Robert Sherman. United States Army Air Corps, Four Engine Bomber Training, Pueblo, Colorado, 1943.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33476931
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-683019
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-933195
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
Back row: John Kendrick, Steve Judd, Allen Seamans, Robert Owen. Front row: John Owens, William Mineer, Stanley Stanczkiewicz, Frank Kettner, James Graham, Robert Sherman. United States Army Air Corps, Four Engine Bomber Training, Pueblo, Colorado, 1943.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Yankee Rebel Harmony; The Latrine Rumor
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Aberdeen, MS 39730, USA 15 May 1919

Died

Mississippi, USA 19 May 1998

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 8 March 1944

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United States Army Air Corps, Four Engine Bomber Training, Pueblo, Colorado, 1943.

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photo acquired from the Stichting Missing Airmen Memorial Foundation

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military documents

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Ancestry.com

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Ancestry.com

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R.H. Owen POW Story

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2958 / MACR 2958, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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