Robert Honson Owen

Military
Robert H. Owen, Dutch Resistance photo UPL 65124 UPL 65124 Robert H. Owen, Dutch Resistance photo

photo acquired from the Stichting Missing Airmen Memorial Foundation

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Object Number - UPL 65124 - Robert H. Owen, Dutch Resistance photo

On a mission to Erkner Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-24J #42-99975 'The Latrine Rumor' aka Yankee-Rebel Harmony made a forced landing near Wartena, Holland hitting a windmill that crushed the nose section. Prisoner of War (POW).



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William Mineer, Dutch Resistance photo
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35670530
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
John W. Owens
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner - engineer
Seamans, Allen, Dutch Resistance photo
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 0683871
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
Robert Sherman, Dutch Resistance photo
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32421660
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32471406
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

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Born

Aberdeen, MS 39730, USA 15 May 1919

Died

Mississippi, USA 19 May 1998

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 8 March 1944

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United States Army Air Corps, Four Engine Bomber Training, Pueblo, Colorado, 1943.

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photo acquired from the Stichting Missing Airmen Memorial Foundation

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military documents

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Ancestry.com

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R.H. Owen POW Story

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2958 / MACR 2958, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Robert Honson Owen: Gallery (2 items)