Actual Burial here
MARKER ONLY
LIEUT. BENJAMIN WINGET LOWELL,
22, MISSING OVER FRANCE AUG. 7
CORTAND FLIER
PILOTED B-26 ON
BOMBING MISSION
Wounded During Invasion but Back
In Action - Mother Has Letter
Dated August 7
Lieut. Benjamin Winget Lowell, 22, pilot of a B-26 Marauder, who received severe chest wounds from flak during the invasion of Normandy, and was hospitalized in England for several weeks, is now reported missing in action since August 7 in France, according to a War Department telegram received today by his mother, Mrs. C.A. Lowell, 45 Homer Avenue.
In the invasion of France, Lieutenant Lowell's ship, which he was piloting, ran into a rain of flak. Despite his wounds he kept his ship in formation until the errand was completed and returned to his home base in England where he was forced to make an emergency landing. He was lauded and cited by his commander for his heroic deed.
When he returned to active duty his mother is unable to tell, but she received a letter written August 7, the day the War Department mentioned him as among the missing.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps July 3, 1942. Prior to entering the service he, with his brother Lieut. Spencer Lowell, a supply officer of the Signal Corps stationed in England, operated the Lowell Photo Service. The brothers were well known in Cortland. Both were expert photographers.
-Cortland Standard, 23 Aug 1944
Name: Benjamin W Lowell
Gender: Male
Rank: 2LT
Residence Place: New York
Death Date: 7 Aug 1944
Cemetery: Normandy
Burial Place: St Laurent, France
Next of Kin: Mrs Maude Spencer Lowell
-Headstone Inscription and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942–1949. Series A1 43, NAI ID: 7408555. Records of the American Battle Monuments Commission, 1918–ca. 1995. Record Group 117. The National Archives at Washington, D.C.
Name: Benjamin W Lowell
Inducted From: New York
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Combat Organization: 385th Bomber Squadron 394th Bomber
Death Date: 7 Aug 1944
Monument: Normandy, France
Last Known Status: Buried
U.S. Awards:
Purple Heart Medal
Air Medal
Additional Army Awards
-National Archives and Records Administration. Register, World War II Dead Interred in American Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil and World War II and Korea Missing or Lost or Buried at Sea. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
MARKER ONLY
LIEUT. BENJAMIN WINGET LOWELL,
22, MISSING OVER FRANCE AUG. 7
CORTAND FLIER
PILOTED B-26 ON
BOMBING MISSION
Wounded During Invasion but Back
In Action - Mother Has Letter
Dated August 7
Lieut. Benjamin Winget Lowell, 22, pilot of a B-26 Marauder, who received severe chest wounds from flak during the invasion of Normandy, and was hospitalized in England for several weeks, is now reported missing in action since August 7 in France, according to a War Department telegram received today by his mother, Mrs. C.A. Lowell, 45 Homer Avenue.
In the invasion of France, Lieutenant Lowell's ship, which he was piloting, ran into a rain of flak. Despite his wounds he kept his ship in formation until the errand was completed and returned to his home base in England where he was forced to make an emergency landing. He was lauded and cited by his commander for his heroic deed.
When he returned to active duty his mother is unable to tell, but she received a letter written August 7, the day the War Department mentioned him as among the missing.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps July 3, 1942. Prior to entering the service he, with his brother Lieut. Spencer Lowell, a supply officer of the Signal Corps stationed in England, operated the Lowell Photo Service. The brothers were well known in Cortland. Both were expert photographers.
-Cortland Standard, 23 Aug 1944
Name: Benjamin W Lowell
Gender: Male
Rank: 2LT
Residence Place: New York
Death Date: 7 Aug 1944
Cemetery: Normandy
Burial Place: St Laurent, France
Next of Kin: Mrs Maude Spencer Lowell
-Headstone Inscription and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942–1949. Series A1 43, NAI ID: 7408555. Records of the American Battle Monuments Commission, 1918–ca. 1995. Record Group 117. The National Archives at Washington, D.C.
Name: Benjamin W Lowell
Inducted From: New York
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Combat Organization: 385th Bomber Squadron 394th Bomber
Death Date: 7 Aug 1944
Monument: Normandy, France
Last Known Status: Buried
U.S. Awards:
Purple Heart Medal
Air Medal
Additional Army Awards
-National Archives and Records Administration. Register, World War II Dead Interred in American Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil and World War II and Korea Missing or Lost or Buried at Sea. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
Actual Burial here
MARKER ONLY
LIEUT. BENJAMIN WINGET LOWELL,
22, MISSING OVER FRANCE AUG. 7
CORTAND FLIER
PILOTED B-26 ON
BOMBING MISSION
Wounded During Invasion but Back
In Action - Mother Has Letter
Dated August 7
Lieut. Benjamin Winget Lowell, 22, pilot of a B-26 Marauder, who received severe chest wounds from flak during the invasion of Normandy, and was hospitalized in England for several weeks, is now reported missing in action since August 7 in France, according to a War Department telegram received today by his mother, Mrs. C.A. Lowell, 45 Homer Avenue.
In the invasion of France, Lieutenant Lowell's ship, which he was piloting, ran into a rain of flak. Despite his wounds he kept his ship in formation until the errand was completed and returned to his home base in England where he was forced to make an emergency landing. He was lauded and cited by his commander for his heroic deed.
When he returned to active duty his mother is unable to tell, but she received a letter written August 7, the day the War Department mentioned him as among the missing.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps July 3, 1942. Prior to entering the service he, with his brother Lieut. Spencer Lowell, a supply officer of the Signal Corps stationed in England, operated the Lowell Photo Service. The brothers were well known in Cortland. Both were expert photographers.
-Cortland Standard, 23 Aug 1944
Name: Benjamin W Lowell
Gender: Male
Rank: 2LT
Residence Place: New York
Death Date: 7 Aug 1944
Cemetery: Normandy
Burial Place: St Laurent, France
Next of Kin: Mrs Maude Spencer Lowell
-Headstone Inscription and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942–1949. Series A1 43, NAI ID: 7408555. Records of the American Battle Monuments Commission, 1918–ca. 1995. Record Group 117. The National Archives at Washington, D.C.
Name: Benjamin W Lowell
Inducted From: New York
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Combat Organization: 385th Bomber Squadron 394th Bomber
Death Date: 7 Aug 1944
Monument: Normandy, France
Last Known Status: Buried
U.S. Awards:
Purple Heart Medal
Air Medal
Additional Army Awards
-National Archives and Records Administration. Register, World War II Dead Interred in American Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil and World War II and Korea Missing or Lost or Buried at Sea. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
MARKER ONLY
LIEUT. BENJAMIN WINGET LOWELL,
22, MISSING OVER FRANCE AUG. 7
CORTAND FLIER
PILOTED B-26 ON
BOMBING MISSION
Wounded During Invasion but Back
In Action - Mother Has Letter
Dated August 7
Lieut. Benjamin Winget Lowell, 22, pilot of a B-26 Marauder, who received severe chest wounds from flak during the invasion of Normandy, and was hospitalized in England for several weeks, is now reported missing in action since August 7 in France, according to a War Department telegram received today by his mother, Mrs. C.A. Lowell, 45 Homer Avenue.
In the invasion of France, Lieutenant Lowell's ship, which he was piloting, ran into a rain of flak. Despite his wounds he kept his ship in formation until the errand was completed and returned to his home base in England where he was forced to make an emergency landing. He was lauded and cited by his commander for his heroic deed.
When he returned to active duty his mother is unable to tell, but she received a letter written August 7, the day the War Department mentioned him as among the missing.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps July 3, 1942. Prior to entering the service he, with his brother Lieut. Spencer Lowell, a supply officer of the Signal Corps stationed in England, operated the Lowell Photo Service. The brothers were well known in Cortland. Both were expert photographers.
-Cortland Standard, 23 Aug 1944
Name: Benjamin W Lowell
Gender: Male
Rank: 2LT
Residence Place: New York
Death Date: 7 Aug 1944
Cemetery: Normandy
Burial Place: St Laurent, France
Next of Kin: Mrs Maude Spencer Lowell
-Headstone Inscription and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942–1949. Series A1 43, NAI ID: 7408555. Records of the American Battle Monuments Commission, 1918–ca. 1995. Record Group 117. The National Archives at Washington, D.C.
Name: Benjamin W Lowell
Inducted From: New York
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Combat Organization: 385th Bomber Squadron 394th Bomber
Death Date: 7 Aug 1944
Monument: Normandy, France
Last Known Status: Buried
U.S. Awards:
Purple Heart Medal
Air Medal
Additional Army Awards
-National Archives and Records Administration. Register, World War II Dead Interred in American Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil and World War II and Korea Missing or Lost or Buried at Sea. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
Inscription
BENJAMIN WINGET LOWELL
LIEUT. 9TH AIR FORCE U.S. ARMY
BORN MAY 28, 1922
MISSING IN ACTION OVER FRANCE
AUGUST 7, 1944
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