Herbert Stroy Owens

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-21922.jpeg UPL 21922 Herbert S Owens - Mapleton, 94th BG, KIA Charles D Taylor collection

"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 19 "Killed in Action", by Charles D Taylor

Object Number - UPL 21922 - Herbert S Owens - Mapleton, 94th BG, KIA

Shot down 29 November 1943 in B-17 #42-3252 'Virgin's Delight'. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-3252

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3352) nicknamed "Virgin's Delight" flies in formation with fellow aircraft of the 94th Bomb Group. Printed caption on reverse: ''53031 AC - Boeing B-17's in flight revealing new bomb racks U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO - 1361st Photographic Squadron Aerospace Audio-Visual Services (MAC).' First handwritten caption on reverse: '26/9 no Bombing- weather. 26/9/43' Second handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17 Flying Fortress 6737. 3 of 6 pics.'

42-3352

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Virgin's Delight
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 29 November 1943

Born

Illinois, USA

Born

Mapleton, Iowa

Buried

Revisions

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Sources

Added S/N per MACR 1186 at Fold3.com.

SOURCE:  https://www.fold3.com/image/28611642

Added an association to “Bury St Edmunds” the home base of the 94th BG.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1186 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 21922 - Herbert S Owens - Mapleton, 94th BG, KIA