Ralph H Stowe

Military

Shot down 9 April 1944 in B-24 #4252423. POW at Stalag Luft #1 and according to another prisoner, Lt. Stirling Tuck, 446th BG, he was the only prisoner to escape from that camp. He evaded capture for 4 days and then was recaptured.



POW

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-52423

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

2 August 2005

Born

Portsmouth, Virginia, USA

Buried

Columbia Gardens, Arlington, Virginia

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Denmark 9 April 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3837 / MACR 3837 & Page 282 of the book LIBERATORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database