LOWERY Arthur L - 503 FS 339 FG

Arthur Lee LOWERY

"Ott"

LOWERY Arthur L

Source : PELLOUAIS Jean-François

NUMBER OF SERVICE

O-754643 (34022831)

AGE

27 yo

DATE OF BIRTH

7 mars 1917 Richmond, Richmond City, VIRGINIA

ENLISTMENT STATE

TENNESSEE

FAMILY

Single

RANK

First Lieutenant

FONCTION

Pilot

JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT

Semiskilled machine shop and related occupations

DATE of ENLISTEMENT

27 February 1941 FT OGLETHORPE GEORGIA

SQUADRON

503^rd Fighter Squadron

GROUP

339^th Fighter Group

ARMY

8^th US Air Force

DATE OF DEATH

22 June 1944

LOWERY Arthur L

Source : ETVMA

STATUS

KIA

PLACE OF DEATH

Près de Wavrechain-sous-Denain - SO et Valenciennes

FLIGHT PLAN

P-51 Mustang - type C-7 - s/n 42-103346 D7*W

P51

Macr : 6105

Mission: Patrol on the Pas-de-Calais
Take-off station 378

Fowlmere, Cambridgeshire UK - Crash observed by 2nd Lt Charles E Shake
Unknown - Aircraft strikes ground with nose and wing

Explodes and burns instantly - 12h15

CEMETERY TEMPORARY

CEMETERY TEMPORARY of St André N°3572

3572 St André

Story of Cemetery Temporary

CEMETERY

NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville

Map of Normandy American Cemetery

GRAVE

Plot	Row	Grave
A	1	32

DECORATION

Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal

Brevet Pilote

Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Photo FDLM

victory medal

combat infantryman badge

STORY

1st Lt Arthur “Ott” L. Lowery was the pilot of aircraft P-51C-7 with serial number 42-103346. He was on an area patrol mission to the Pas De Calais area.

Statement from 2nd Lt Charles E. Shake, Air Corps:

“On 22 June, 1944 at approximately 1215 hours, I was flying Lt. Arthur L. Lowery´s wing in Red four position. After we completed sweeping the area we went down to strafe a locomotive. I assumed a position behind and slightly one side of Lt. Lowery. As we went in on the locomotive, I noticed a lot of wire and lines. It is my opinion that he hit some of the wires. I was fairly low to them but he was still lower than I. His airplane rolled very slowly to the right, and when in a position of about 90 degrees bank, it struck the ground on the nose and right wing. The plane exploded and burned instantly.”

Arthur “Ott”Lowery was initially buried at Saint-André-Cemetery at Évreux, France and re-buried at Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France; Plot A, Row 1, Grave 32.