World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Gerald F. Gowen
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Joseph C. Meyers
Relationship
Nephew
PILOT OF A B-17 WITH THE 15TH AIR FORCE, 463RD BOMB GROUP, 775TH BOMB SQUADRON. HE WAS ON HIS 23RD MISSION TO BOMB WIENER NEUSTADT IN AUSTRIA ON MAY 10, 1944 WHEN HIS PLANE WAS SHOT DOWN AND HE AND 7 OF HIS CREW WERE KILLED.