Submitted by Name: Charles Bowen Jr. From: North Dakota E-mail: Contact
Comments: Just checking in. My uncle Henry "Billy" Bowen was the tailgunner on B17E 41-9234 on it's last mission. I knew him from a picture on the wall of our farmhouse and a few stories I could get out of my Dad. He loved music, baseball and flying. He was a pilot before the war. He wanted to fly fighters but he wasn't an officer. He was somewhat infamous for flying his plane down the main street of Trenton ND and also flying under the Lewis and Clark bridge at Williston ND.
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Submitted by Name: Ron Flinner From: Prospect Pa E-mail: Contact
Comments: Father was Lt. Samuel L Flinner’. Served 1944 and 1945 in 43rd/63rd. 36 night radar missions. They sunk the heavy cruiser Kiyoshimo December 26th 1944. Jack Felllows painted the mission “Night Action off Mindoro”.
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Submitted by Name: Gina Tatro Hegg From: Arizona E-mail: Contact
Comments: Daughter of T Sgt Reginald E Tatro 43rd Bomb Group/65th Bomb Sq 1942-1945. Arrived on Queen Mary to Australia, went to radio operator school in Townsend and became airborne RO on 65 missions. Flew many missions on Tuffy, Georgia Peach, Yankee Diddler, flew Old 666/Lucy from New Guinea to Hilo, Hawaii Oct 1943.
I have award records for many of his crews as well as some photos I would be happy to share.
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Submitted by Name: Steven Tighe From: Gulf Stream Fl E-mail: Contact
Comments: Just found a photo of my father, Eugene F. TIghe from Leyte, P.I. In 1945. It was an official photo of him as a member of Ken’s Men 43rd Bomb Group- The First Tram. He started the war as a private and finished as an officer. He stayed in the military and went on to become a Lt. General.
Really like this site very informative!
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Submitted by Name: Gregory S. Byard From: Dumfries, VA E-mail: Contact
Comments: From March 1983 to July 1985, I was a TSGT assigned to the 43rd Strategic Wing, Andresen AFB, Guam, and the Wing Historian. I have been researching past history on the 43rd and was glad to find your site.
One of the best AF unit sites I've seen. Thanks
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Submitted by Name: T.R. Parrish From: Lexington, SC E-mail: Contact
Comments: My dad John Wayne Parrish flew snooper b24 s in the SW Pacific the last year of the war. The other pilot was Bancroft.
Name: Charles Bowen Jr.
From: North Dakota
E-mail: Contact
Just checking in. My uncle Henry "Billy" Bowen was the tailgunner on B17E 41-9234 on it's last mission. I knew him from a picture on the wall of our farmhouse and a few stories I could get out of my Dad. He loved music, baseball and flying. He was a pilot before the war. He wanted to fly fighters but he wasn't an officer. He was somewhat infamous for flying his plane down the main street of Trenton ND and also flying under the Lewis and Clark bridge at Williston ND.