Arthur H. Towler was born in 1920. He was the son of Horace Towler and Pauline Towler. He graduated from Huntington High School. Arthur entered the Republic personnel on October 6, 1941, as a helper in the final assembly. He was transferred to the fuselage department in July 1942 and later joined the military contract department as a service representative.

Towler served as a field technical representative of the Republic Aircraft plant at Farmingdale during World War II. He also held the rating of a Captain in a Civilian Technician in the US Army Air Corps. he was in the active combat lines as a technician for the Republic Aircraft Corporation, which was supplying Thunderbolts in the Italian and French battle zones. He was on the B-25 Mitchell 42-87440 that took off from Salon-de-Provence on a transport mission to Loyettes. While the flight passed without incident, the heavy fog hanging in the area hid the hill on their landing approach. The plane crashed into the hillside, killing all inside. He died on September 11, 1944, and was buried at Huntington Rural Cemetery, Huntington, Suffolk County, New York, USA.

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