Robert B Bowman
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Rear L-R: T/Sgt Marshall C Peck, S/Sgt Delbert D Lambson, S/Sgt Carl J Phillips, S/Sgt Harold S Roberts, S/Sgt Joe B Embrey, T/Sgt Clarence Daniel.
Front L-R: 2Lt Carl D Larsen, 2Lt Frank J Belva Jr, 1Lt Robert B Bowman, 2Lt Patrick P Reams
Object Number - UPL 29187 - B-17 42-30434 Betty Boop - The Pistol Packin' Mama. Picture is the co pilot side of aircraft. Rear L-R: T/Sgt Marshall C Peck, S/Sgt Delbert D...
Assigned to 570BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. 19 x combat missions. Shot down by fighters and flak en-route to target Regensburg and crashed SE of Laon on 25-Feb-44 in B-17F 42-30434 'Betty Boop-The Pistol Packin' Mama'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2659.
Awards: PH.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-747115
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-747028
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
Places
![A bomber crew of the 390th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-31027) nicknamed "Honey Chile" and their dog and monkey mascots "Scrappy" and "Joe". Image stamped on reverse: ‘Fox.’ [stamp], ‘passed for publication 25 Oct 1943.’ [stamp] and ‘289774.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: ‘AERIAL MASCOTS OF FORTRESS CREWS. PH/MoN. As frisky and friendly a pair of aerial mascots as you'll find in Britain are "Scrappy" and "Joe", pup and monkey team belonging to the](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380433.jpg.webp?itok=L7HbOA_i)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
King County, WA, USA | 26 March 1917 | Son of George L and Rena May [Hosner] Bowman. |
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Enlisted |
Seattle, WA, USA | 21 March 1942 | |
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Died |
02000 Laon, France | 25 February 1944 | Shot down by fighters and flak en-route to target Regensburg and crashed SE of Laon on 25-Feb-44. KIA. MACR 2659. |
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Buried |
02820 Saint-Erme-Outre-et-Ramecourt, France | 26 February 1944 | Interred Saint-Ermeca cemetery |
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Buried |
Evergreen Washelli Columbarium, 11220 Aurora Ave N, Seattle, WA 98133, USA | Re-Interred Evergreen - Washelli cemetery Seattle, WA | |
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Based |
Framlingham | 25 February 1944 | Assigned to 570BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2659 / MACR 2659, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database