World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Owen W. Monkman
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Montana
Honored By
John Meurs
Relationship
Historian
SERVICE NUMBER 39622026. TAIL GUNNER WITH THE 91ST BOMB GROUP, 324TH BOMB SQUADRON OF THE 8TH U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE BASED IN ENGLAND. ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1944, HIS AIRCRAFT, THE B-17G, SERIAL NUMBER 42-31515, WAS SHOT DOWN BY GERMAN FIGHTERS ON A MISSION TO THE ALTENBEKEN RAILROAD VIADUCT IN GERMANY. FOUR MEMBERS OF THE CREW COULD SAVE THEMSELVES BY PARACHUTE. THE FIVE OTHER AIRMEN, AMONG THEM SERGEANT OWEN W. MONKMAN, DIED DURING THE ATTACK OR IN THE CRASH OF HIS AIRCRAFT.