Elmer O Bowers

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 384FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited 1.5 destroyed. Failed to Return (FTR) area support mission to Duisberg, Germany. After combat with enemy fighters, seen to be streaming smoke from engine, crashed near Duisburg on 19-Sep-44 in P-51D 44-13822 Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 9015.



Awards: DFC, AM (4OLC), PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

44-13822

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 364th Fighter Group 384th Fighter Squadron

Missions

Places

Aerial photography of Honington airfield looking south, the technical site with four C-type hangars and bomb dump are at the top, 21 June 1946. Photograph taken by No. 540 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/1589. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Honington

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: RAF Honington

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Philadelphia, PA, USA 15 October 1918 Son of James O and Susan M Bowers.

Other

Promotion

Honington, Bury Saint Edmunds IP31, UK 20 June 1944 Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Died

Duisburg, Germany 19 September 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) area support mission to Duisberg, Germany. After combat with enemy fighters, seen to be streaming smoke from engine, crashed near Duisburg on 19-Sep-44 in P-51D 44-13822 Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 9015.

Other

E/A Destroyed

Duisburg, Germany 19 September 1944 1.5 E/A destroyed Duisburg Area, Germany.
Bristol, PA 19007, USA

Based

Honington 19 September 1944 Assigned to 384FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Neuville-en-Condroz Arrondissement de Liège Liège, Belgium

Enlisted

Bucks County, PA, USA

Revisions

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https://www.abmc.gov/node/544149#.WLBVAk1XUnU
http://www.cieldegloire.com/fg_364.php
http://aces.safarikovi.org/victories/doc/usaf.aerial.victory.credits-ww…
http://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/american-war-cemetery-a…
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9020576

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Sources

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9015