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BOW, Graeme Leslie - Date of
birth
16 December 1920 -
Age
23 - Place of
birth
Kenton, Hardin County, Ohio -
Hometown
Venice, Los Angeles County, California
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-761549 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
Pilot -
Unit
751st Bombardment Squadron,
457th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
2 November 1944 - Place of
death
Near Eisleben, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| A | 3 | 1 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Hugh Bow (father)
Mary Bow (mother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-106998 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Paper Doll
Destination: Merseburg, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the synthetic oil plants
MACR: 10322
More information
1st Lt Graeme L. Bow was a tinsmith, coppersmith and sheet metal worker before he joined the Regular Army in Santa Ana California on 22 February 1943.The airplane was shot out of the air by 20mm fire of German FW-190’s.
He died while he and the navigator and the bombardier where trying to open the forward escape hatch which was frozen. When the ship blew up.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand-Failly, France.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census, www.fold3.com – MACR, www.findagrave.com – Historical Genealogist
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – LuxAmCem, www.457thbombgroupassoc.org