Harold W Bowman

Military

media-32233.jpeg UPL 32233 "Colonel Harold W Bowman CO of 401st Bomb Group, led the group on a smashing raid over Bremen, assisting in one of the largest bombing operations over Germany 26-Nov-43 England."

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Object Number - UPL 32233 - "Colonel Harold W Bowman CO of 401st Bomb Group, led the group on a smashing raid over Bremen, assisting in one of the largest bombing operations...

Commanding Officer of 401st BG from June 1943 to 5 December 1944.

Retired as Brigadier General

Awards: SS, LOM, DFC (OLC), AM, Croix de Guerre, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

401st Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Second World War higher formation badge for the United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe (USSTAF). The shoulder sleeve insignia was approved by a US War Department radiogram dated 21 December 1944 and formal approval by the Quartermaster General was granted on 27 December 1944. The Command was formed on 1 January 1944 at Bushey Park, England under Lieutenant-General Carl Spaatz. It was administratively responsible for all US Army Air Forces in the UK and later for operational control of the 8th and 15

US Strategic Air Forces

Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
Type Category: Combat organisation

Aircraft

42-32012

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Shark Tooth
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

Places

Bomber crews from the 401st Bomb Group look over P-51 Mustang, FT-T, serial number 43-12172, of the 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, at Deenethorpe airfield. One of their B-17 Flying Fortresses is in the background. Printed caption on reverse of print: '...401st Bomb Group look over a North American P-51 Mustang at an 8th Air Force base in England, 27 December 1943.'

Deenethorpe

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Benefield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Waverly, Nebraska	12 February 1903
Died	Florida, USA	23 October 1994
Buried	Riverside Memorial Park Tequesta, Martin County, FL		Riverside Memorial Park Tequesta, Martin County, Florida

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Date28 Nov 2021 14:35:35

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Date11 Sep 2018 10:24:38

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WWII European Theatre Army Records, Roster of Key Officers, January 1945 via Fold 3

Date18 Mar 2018 20:14:34

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Date14 Oct 2014 08:10:29

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Data Update, National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, 15 September 2014

Date2 Oct 2014 03:57:05

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Corrected spelling , Donald Byers

Date27 Sep 2014 18:12:14

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Whos Who in the Eighth Air Force and/or Biographical Directory Command & Staff Officers Eighth Air Force 1942-45 Author of Birds of a Feather in our Library/daughter, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=737

Harold W Bowman: Gallery (5 items)

Colonel Harold W Bowman, Commanding Officer of the 401st Bomb Group and Violinist Yehudi Menuhin after a concert at Deenethorp. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Col HW Bowman CO 401st BG and Yehudi Menuhin concert at Deenethorp, Sept 1944.'

Object number: FRE 9858 - Colonel Harold W Bowman, Commanding Officer of the...

Object number: UPL 32233 - "Colonel Harold W Bowman CO of 401st Bomb Group...

Object number: UPL 32743 - The caption reads 'On the 5th August 1944 the...

Object number: UPL 38359 - "Col. Harold W. Bowman presents the Purple Heart...

Object number: UPL 41697 - "Capt. James F. Goodman and crew of the 612th Bomb...