Owen M Seaman

Military
Executives of the 354th Fighter Group, Major George R Bickell, Lieutenant Colonel Wallace P Mace and Major Owen M Seaman, with a P-51 Mustang. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 13 Jan 1944.' [stamp] and '296917.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'THE P-51B- WORLD'S FASTEST FIGHTER PLANE. Associated Press photo shows: Three executives of the new P-51B Fighter Group who were at Pearl Harbour the day the Japs attacked. Left to Right, Major George R Bickell media-377118.jpg FRE 420 Executives of the 354th Fighter Group, Major George R Bickell, Lieutenant Colonel Wallace P Mace and Major Owen M Seaman, with a P-51 Mustang. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 13 Jan 1944.' [stamp] and '296917.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'THE P-51B- WORLD'S FASTEST FIGHTER PLANE. Associated Press photo shows: Three executives of the new P-51B Fighter Group who were at Pearl Harbour the day the Japs attacked. Left to Right, Major George R Bickell, aged 27, of Butty, NJ, Lt col Wallace P Mace, aged 28 of 850 Coatsville Ave, Salt lake City, Utah and Major Owen M Seaman, San Mateo, Calif.' Roger Freeman Collection

AAM DB entry.

Object Number - FRE 420 - Executives of the 354th Fighter Group, Major George R Bickell, Lieutenant Colonel Wallace P Mace and Major Owen M Seaman, with a P-51 Mustang. Image...

Owen Seaman was serving as the Commanding Officer of the 353rd Fighter Squadron when he went missing over the North Sea. He is commemorated on the Tablets of the Missing at the Netherlands American Cemetery.



He had been at Pearl Harbour when the Japanese attacked and according the press caption on FRE 404 he was the only one of his squadron to get his plane into the air and then only after the main attack was over.

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Units served with

Aircraft

43-12170

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 354th Fighter Group 353rd Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description
San Mateo, CA, USA Exact dates not yet known

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

North Sea 20 December 1943

Buried

Recorded on the Tablets of the Missing

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1509
History of the 353rd Fighter Squadron: http://www.354thpmfg.com/353rdfs_part1.html
ABMC record: http://www.abmc.gov/search-abmc-burials-and-memorializations/detail/WWI…

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 1509 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Owen M Seaman: Gallery (3 items)

Three pilots of the 354th Fighter Group at Boxted, January 1944. Left to right they are: Major James H. Howard, Major George R. Bickell and Major Owen Seaman.

Object number: FRE 393 - Three pilots of the 354th Fighter Group at Boxted...

Squadron Commanders of the 354th Fighter Group, Major James H Howard, Major George R Bickell and Major Owen M Seaman, with a P-51 Mustang. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 13 Jan 1944.' [stamp] and '296905.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'THE P-51B- WORLD'S FASTEST FIGHTER PLANE. Associated Press photo shows: The three Squadron Commanders of the group. Left to right: Major James H Howard, aged 30, of 30 Crestwood Drive, St Louis, MO; Major George R

Object number: FRE 404 - Squadron Commanders of the 354th Fighter Group...

Executives of the 354th Fighter Group, Major George R Bickell, Lieutenant Colonel Wallace P Mace and Major Owen M Seaman, with a P-51 Mustang. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 13 Jan 1944.' [stamp] and '296917.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'THE P-51B- WORLD'S FASTEST FIGHTER PLANE. Associated Press photo shows: Three executives of the new P-51B Fighter Group who were at Pearl Harbour the day the Japs attacked. Left to Right, Major George R Bickell

Object number: FRE 420 - Executives of the 354th Fighter Group, Major...