Paul V Bowders

Military
media-32232.jpeg UPL 32232 S/Sgt Bowders aerial gunner of the 490th Bomb Group, wears the Distinguished Flying Cross presented to him on 20-Oct-44 at an airbase in England.

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Object Number - UPL 32232 - S/Sgt Bowders aerial gunner of the 490th Bomb Group, wears the Distinguished Flying Cross presented to him on 20-Oct-44 at an airbase in England.

Assigned to 851BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF. Member of Dreyer crew.



Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WW II Victory, EAME (2 x battle stars), American Campaign Medal.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.

490th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Jacob S Dreyer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-693648
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'

Eye

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brome

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Harrisburg, PA, USA 9 February 1943

Born

Franklin County, PA, USA

Died

Buried

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490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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