John P Bowler

Military

Shot down 13 April 1944 in B-17 #4230233 'Rhapsody in Flak. ' Landed in Switzerland. Interned.

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Units served with

Staff Sergeant Rich, a top turret gunner of the 95th Bomb Group with his B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97232 ) nicknamed "Sandy's Refueling Boys", August 1944. Image via Albert Keeler, 95th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'S/Sgt Rich top turret gunner 412 BS.'

412th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

95th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-30233

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Rhapsody in Flak
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born
Other Interned (INT)	Germany	13 April 1944

Event

Location

Date

Description

Born

Other

Interned (INT)

Germany

13 April 1944

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:16:30

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3765 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database