Harry E Owens

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-23914.jpeg UPL 23914 On the road of Fouchault near Valleres (Indre et loire)
Here has been found the body of Sgt Owens the June 24th 1944 Fond Chauvin

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Object Number - UPL 23914 - On the road of Fouchault near Valleres (Indre et loire) Here has been found the body of Sgt Owens the June 24th 1944

Assigned to 534BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF. Original member of Lt Larson's crew. 30 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Tours 24-Jun-44 in B-17 42-102585 'The Betty L'; flak hit in radio room, crashed Valleres-le-Hay, 12 miles SW of Tours, France; Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 6534



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38414001
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16168982
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-801290
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 6906254
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-809693
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Betty L
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron

Missions

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

College Mound, Missouri, USA 21 March 1908 Son of Luther Berry and Susan Jane [Culbertson] Owens. Macon, Cty, Missouri

Enlisted

Los Angeles, CA 18 November 1942 Los Angeles, California

Other

Killed in Action

Valleres-le-Hay, France 24 June 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Tours 24-Jun-44 in B-17 42-102585 'The Betty L'; flak hit in radio room, crashed Valleres-le-Hay, France KIA. MACR 6534

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Ridgewell 24 June 1944 Assigned to 534BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF.

Enlisted

Buried

Mount Carmel Cemetery Clifton Hill, Randolph County, MO Re-Interred Mount Carmel Cemetery Clifton Hill, Randolph County, MO

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ARowe95

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Fond Chauvin (Tours)

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381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999, MACR 6534, www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6534 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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