World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Jack H. Owen
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Cynthiana, Kentucky
Honored By
Arnold A. Wright
Relationship
Friend
ON JULY 25, 1943, HIS B-17 BOMBER WAS SHOT DOWN ON A MISSION TO HAMBURG, GERMANY. BAILING OUT, HE LANDED AND WAS CAPTURED BY CIVILIANS AND FLAK GUNNERS, SPENDING THE NEXT TWENTY-TWO MONTHS AS A PRISONER OF WAR IN STALAG LUFT III.