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NAME Calvert Sheriff Bowie |
NICKNAME — |
SERVICE NUMBER O-10314 |
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| UNIT VMSB-143 Pilot |
HOME OF RECORD Edson Lane Rockville, MD |
NEXT OF KIN Father, Mr. George C. Bowie |
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| DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1918 at Washington, D. C. |
ENTERED SERVICE August 1, 1940 (US Navy) June 8, 1942 (commissioned) |
DATE OF LOSS May 30, 1943 |
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| REGION Solomon Islands |
CAMPAIGN / AREA Guadalcanal |
CASUALTY TYPE Non-battle death Declared dead May 31, 1945 |
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CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS On 30 May 1943, Bowie and his crew – Cpl. Reuben C. Cooper and Pvt. Robert L. Riddlebaugh – took one of the squadron’s Avenger bombers (TBF-1 BuNo 01737) aloft for a routine test hop. At 0944, for reasons unknown, this aircraft went down at sea approximately eight miles offshore of Lunga Point. Sailors aboard the USS Pringle saw the splash, and the destroyer hurried to the scene but found only an oil slick – no debris, and no survivors. Because the crash could not be immediately proven as Avenger #01737, the crew was reported as missing. Calvert Bowie was officially declared dead as of 31 May 1945. |
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| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS Air Medal |
LAST KNOWN RANK First Lieutenant posthumous Captain |
STATUS OF REMAINS Not recovered |
MEMORIALS Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC Manila American Cemetery |
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