Personal File · AirmanKilled in ActionPassed 12 Oct 1944
Frank B. McGowan.
Nose Gunner · 328th Squadron · Of PA.
The Man Behind the Name
§ Biography
2nd Lt. Frank B. McGowan served as nose gunner/photographer (P/N) aboard B-24J 42-50606 on the 12 October 1944 mission to Osnabruck.
McGowan was killed when the aircraft was shot down. German records from Airbase Headquarters Achmer confirm he was interred at the Prisoner of War Cemetery, Achmer, Row 2, Grave 113.
Service record.
§ As Catalogued
Rank
2nd Lieutenant
Position
Nose Gunner
Serial Number
O-768823
Hometown
PA
Missions flown.
2 catalogued · 12 Oct 1944 — 12 Oct 1944
The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.
Interment.
§ At Rest
Cemetery
Prisoner of War Cemetery, Achmer
Location
L 1 21
Burial
Row 2, Grave 113
Sources.
§ Provenance
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1944
Official record
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1944
Official record