Edwin Wren Bowyer

Edwin Wren Bowyer
Era WWII
Branch U.S. Army Air Force
Rank First Lieutenant
Military Decorations Purple Heart
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Plaque Number 26

461st Bomb Group, 767th Squadron

P.O.W. July 25, 1944

MEDALS-RIBBONS: Purple Heart, Air Medal w/4 Bronze OLC, Presidential Unit W/2 OLC, Prisoner of War, American Theater, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign w/4 Stars, World War II Victory.

On his fiftieth mission bombing Hermann Goering's tank factory over Linz, Austria; his bomber was shot down. National Service Officer of American ex-POW Chapter 1, San Diego County.

"Tail Dragon" B-24 Bomber

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