Alan Ward LOWE
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Source : Andy
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NUMBER OF SERVICE | O-790275 | ||||||
AGE | 21 yo | ||||||
DATE OF BIRTH | 22 October 1921 Avis, Clinton County, PENNSYLVANIA | ||||||
ENLISTMENT STATE | PENNSYLVANIA | ||||||
FAMILY |
Single | ||||||
RANK | First Lieutenant | ||||||
FONCTION | Pilot | ||||||
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT | Semiskilled brakemen, railroad | ||||||
DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 23 December 1941 New York City NEW YORK | ||||||
SQUADRON | 350th Fighter Squadron | ||||||
GROUP | 353rd Fighter Group | ||||||
ARMY | 8th US Air Force | ||||||
DATE OF DEATH | 22 October 1943 |
Source : Andy
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STATUS | KIA | ||||||
PLACE OF DEATH | Saint-Omer, Pas de Calais | ||||||
DATA PLAN |
P-47 Thunderbolt - type D - s/n 42-8683 Macr : 1042 | ||||||
CEMETERY TEMPORARY |
CEMTERY TEMPORARY of Blosville N°3508 | ||||||
CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville | ||||||
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Source : Andy
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First Lieutenant Alan Ward Lowe, born 22 Oct 1921, was the son of Donald Stephen Lowe and Barbara Jeanette (Bay) Lowe of Avis, Clinton County, Pennsylvania. Avis is 104 mi NNW of Harrisburg. In the 1940 census 18-year-old Alan is living with his parents and sister Faye 15, still on Grove Street in Avis. His father is a crane operator for a steam railroad.
Alan enlisted 23 Dec 1941 in New York City. He’d had two years of college and was single without dependents. His civil occupation was listed under semiskilled brakemen, railroad.
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The group flew P-47 Thunderbolts, and from October 1944, P-51 Mustangs, as escorts for bombing missions across occupied Europe and to strafe targets on the ground. P-47D-5-RE 42-8683 was assigned to the 353FG/350FS at Metfield, UK. On 22-Oct-43 the aircraft, piloted by 1LT Alan W. Lowe was dispatched with other fighters from the 353FG to provide escort to a formation of B-26s from 9th Air Force. While flying at 16,000 feet the fighter formation entered a cloud formation. It is surmised that 1LT Lowe's aircraft sustained a mid-air collision and crashed near St. Omer, France. Saint-Omer is 24 mi SE of Calais.
By : Brian Jodi Kueker |
Source : Andy
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