Sidney C Bouwer

Military
media-7251.jpeg UPL 7251 Colonel Arthur Pierce (466th BG Commander) presenting the DFC to Lt. Sid Bouwer (Navigator - Crew #702). The man over Bouwer's left shoulder appears to be Lt. Warren Falcon (Co-Pilot - Crew #614)

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 7251 - Colonel Arthur Pierce (466th BG Commander) presenting the DFC to Lt. Sid Bouwer (Navigator - Crew #702). The man over Bouwer's left shoulder appears...

31 Missions, February - July 1944



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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'

466th Bomb Group

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

People

John E Wheelahan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Attlebridge

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Michigan 26 July 1921

Other

466th BG Combat Tour

Attlebridge, Norwich, Norfolk NR9, UK 22 March 1944 - 29 June 1944 "After a mission where crews were lost we talked about our missing friends at mess or in the officer's club, and it was always depressing. " "I guess our happiest times were riding our bikes to different village pubs for "stout", fellowship and some off key singing. One time several of us became lost on the way back to base from one of our "pub tours", so we stopped at a darkened pub (it was pretty late) to ask directions. After pounding on the pub door a bloke in a nightshirt appeared in an upstairs window and emptied the chamber pot all over us! We all thought it was pretty funny."
Grand Rapids, MI, USA 533 Shirley
Lake Bluff, IL, USA

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written interview with Sid Bouwer c. 2003

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self

Sidney C Bouwer: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 7251 - Colonel Arthur Pierce (466th BG Commander)...

Object number: UPL 7258 - Crew #702 John Wheelahan Crew 466th BG - 787th BS...