Name:
John Robert Nowlin
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-815749
Unit:
81st Fighter Squadron, 50th Fighter Group
Date of Death:
1944-07-30
State:
Pennsylvania
Cemetery:
Brittany American Cemetery, Montjoie Saint Martin, France
Plot:
E
Row:
8
Grave:
4
Decoration:
Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters
Comments:
John Robert Nowlin was born on June 16, 1922, in Freeman, West Virginia. He was the son of Claude M Nowlin.
John served in the 313th Fighter Squadron, 50th Fighter Group, as a Second Lieutenant and Pilot on the P-47 #42-8528 during World War II. On July 30, 1944, he took off from A-10 airfield in Carentan, France, for ground troop support. He was killed by enemy fighters around 3:00 PM, and his plane crashed towards La Crocquerie in the commune of Cérences. 2Lt Nowlin is now buried in the Brittany American Cemetery, Montjoie Saint Martin, France.
Source of information: www.findagrave.com, www.abmc.gov, francecrashes39-45.net