Orian George Owens
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
The names :
* Sgt Vincent Reese, aged 22 [ Right Waist Gunner on #42-39795 - 303BG/359BS - lost 30 December 1943 ]
* Sgt Orian Owens, aged 24,
* Sgt Charles Nichols, aged 23 and
* Sgt John Gemborski, aged 21
[ all 3 on board #42-30782 of 306BG/368BS, lost 11 January 1944 ]
* Lt George Eike, aged 23,
* 2nd Lt Robert Benninger, aged 21 and
* Sgt John Pindroch, aged 19
[ all three on board #42-31499 - 306BG/369BS - lost 2 February 1944 ]
* 2nd Lt William Huish, aged 24 [ Navigator on #42-29656 - 91BG/322BS lost on 20 February 1944 ]
The two Belgians :
* Henri Fontaine, aged 25 [ deported; disappeared in Koblenz, Germany ]
* Joseph Simon, aged 21 [ died in the Dachau concentration camp, Germany ]
Corrected a typo in the "Caption" - "executed" was misspelled.
Object Number - UPL 19150 - Plaque in Saint-Rémy near Chimay, Belgium to the memory of the eight US airmen who were savagely executed by Germans soldiers on 22 April 1944 and...
Shot down by fighters on mission to Halberstadt on 11 Jan 1944 in B-17 #42-30782. Sergeant Owens and two others evaded until they were surrounded and shot by Security Forces in Belgium. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Mechanicsville, Iowa, USA | 22 January 1915 | |
|
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Belgium | 22 April 1944 | |
|
Buried |
Lisbon, Linn County, Iowa, USA | Lisbon Cemetery | |
|
Other Evaded (EVD) |
Belgium | 11 January 1944 |
Revisions
Changed the label for a KIA event to “Evaded (EVD)” per info in the "Summary biography".
Updated the Buried event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 141340029.
SOURCE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141340029/orian-george-owens
Added middle name, birth and Buried info per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 141340029.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1931 / MACR 1931, 8th AF Losses, WWII Memorial / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database