David E Stowers

Military

After receiving flak hits on the return from a mission to Berlin on 22 Mar 1944, the crew baled out of B-17G #42-107038 before it crashed in Amsterdam, Holland. Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Hollland 22 March 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3338 / MACR 3338, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database