James F Fowler
Military
Image reloaded to correct the orientation.
Original upload from user Francois Matte, http://www.americanairmuseum.com/user/50912.
Picture given by her great aunt "Eugénie Lambert" member of the Belgian resistance and the "Comet line". She housed James F. Fowler after his plane was shot down.
Object Number - UPL 41442 - James F Fowler, 303rd Bomb Group.
Shot down by fighters on mission to Frankfurt on 29 Jan 1944 in B-17G 42-39786 'G. I. Sheets'. Prisoner of War (POW).
Connections
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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
- Nicknames: G. I. Sheets
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
29 January 1944 - 21 July 1945 | Originally evaded capture and housed by Eugénie Lambert, member of the Belgian resistance and the "Comet line". He was eventually captured on 13 May 1944. | |
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Born |
Revisions
Added an Association to “Molesworth”, the home base of the 303rd BG.
Added a connection to Stalag Luft 1 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Updated POW event location per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2260 / MACR 2260, 8th AF Losses / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
