Dean Allen McDowell
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 37194 - The memorial tablet to 42-37958 and her crew close to the crash site on Snag Farm in Stoke Trister Somerset with Tributes in grateful memory
Assigned to 401BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Toulouse, France in B-17 42-37958 'Old Faithful' 25-Jun-44; crashed in farmyard at Snag Farm, Stoke Trister, Wincanton, Somerset. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20236274 / O-814519
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Old Faithful
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Memorial
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Cass County, IA | 21 December 1917 | Son of Ross Elmer and Mary Chanelta 'Maymie' ]Stewart] McDowell. Husband of Marjorie McCracken. Father to Esthermarie. |
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Enlisted |
11 February 1941 | ||
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Died |
Wincanton, UK | 25 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Toulouse, France in B-17 42-37958 'Old Faithful' 25-Jun-44; crashed in farmyard at Snag Farm, Stoke Trister, Wincanton, Somerset. KIA |
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Buried |
26 June 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery | |
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Buried |
Fort McPherson National Cemetery Maxwell, Lincoln County, NE | Fort McPherson National Cemetery Maxwell, Lincoln County, Nebraska | |
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Based |
Bassingbourn | 25 June 1944 | Assigned to 401BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th page 4442
