UPL 26492
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Knoxville News- June 11, 1943-Robert Bowers-Wounded
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Units

- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force Fifteenth Air Force Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![Ground personnel of the 97th Bomb Group reservice a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-9023) nicknamed "Yankee Doodle", following the raid on Rouen. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 18 Aug 1942.' [stamp], 'Air=SER (Boeing).' [written annotation] and '216112.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'U.S FLYING FORTRESSES RAID ROUEN IN DAYLIGHT. Associated Press Photo Shows: No sooner had one of the huge Fortresses landed after the raid than ground crew im](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-379318.jpg?itok=apGbR7Ih)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force Twelfth Air Force Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 340th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: ASN 34289151
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
Revisions
Date: 24 Feb 2017 18:45:53
ContributorCrockett
Sources
From the records of William Robert Bowers.-Knoxville News- August 20, 1942-Robert Bowers Gunnery School