Edwin Wren Bowyer
Era | WWII |
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Branch | U.S. Army Air Force |
Rank | First Lieutenant |
Military Decorations | Purple Heart |
Wall | E |
Wall Side | 1 |
Row | 2 |
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