Bowkley, Raymond Edward

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Bowkley, Raymond Edward ‡ ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-684604 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders # 79 dated 28 April 1944, effective 28 April 1944.
Duty	Bombardier
MOS	1035 - Bombardier
Last Duty Date	13 May 1944
Results	Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 9 December 1917 Graduated from Bombardier School at Childress AAF, Childress, Texas, Class #43-09, 23 June 1943.
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 4813⇓ (49.016 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
1st Lt. Francis, Thomas Rex⇗	Pilot	MIA
2nd Lt. Mahoney, Maurice Stanley⇗	Co-pilot	POW
2nd Lt. Bowkley, Raymond Edward	Bombardier	POW
S/SGT. Barnum, Otto William⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Brannigan, Allen Francis⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	POW
SGT. Fiory, William John Joseph⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	POW
SGT. Zordel, Wilbur Godfrey⇗	Tail Gunner	POW
SGT. Palladino, Joseph Anthony⇗	Flexible Gunner	POW
SGT. Petrillo, Joseph (NMI)⇗	Flexible Gunner	POW

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 3 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
105⇗	11 May 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Saarbrücken and Ehrang, Germany	Bombardier	42‑97404⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41A Group. Jettisoned incendiaries. Sortie Report⇗
106⇗	12 May 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Bombardier	42‑37982⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
107⇗	13 May 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly Components Factory. Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Poznań, Poland	Bombardier	42‑97404⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑39888. While formation was under enemy aircraft attack, pulled out of formation to the left and was seen circling under control, with fires under inboard sections and both wings; five chutes emerged; crashed near Loitz, Germany. MACR 4813 Sortie Report⇗

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