Chasten Leroy Bowen
Military
Object Number - UPL 55330
Prisoner of War (POW) Hit by flak and crashed near Coudres (27-Normandy) in B-17 'Take It Easy' #4297173 on 07/08/1944. hidden by resistance but became prisoner by Gestapo in Paris.
Fresnes jail + Buckenwald camp + Stalag Luft III Sagan
POW
https://fr.findagrave.com/memorial/175323742/chasten-leeroy-bowen
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Take It Easy
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Nevada Vernon county, Missouri USA | 12 July 1924 | |
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Other Bowen talks |
23 November 2011 | https://www.ocregister.com/2011/11/23/at-last-the-us-pows-of-buchenwald-talk/ | |
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Died |
30 December 2016 | Died at Brea, Orange county, California USA |
Revisions
Contributorxiaolong
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8323 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
