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COL Philip Allison Rowe Jr.

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COL Philip Allison Rowe Jr.

Birth
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
Death
10 May 2020 (aged 87)
Burial
Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA Add to Map
Plot
COL 4 SITE D18
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Son of:
Philip Allison Rowe
and Julie Vinks

Husband of:
Marilyn Jean Thompson

After attending Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Phil joined the U.S. Air Force in 1952.

He completed a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering at Arizona State University in 1967. During his time in the Strategic Air Command, Phil flew as Master Navigator in B-58, B-52, RF-4, and other aircraft, including more than 100 reconnaissance missions out of Saigon in 1968-69 and received the Distinguished Flying Cross. After serving in the Systems Program Office for B-1 bomber development at Wright Patterson AFB in Fairborn, Ohio, from 1970-74, and engineering for the Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) in Bedford, Massachusetts, from 1974-75, Phil retired from the Air Force in 1975.
Son of:
Philip Allison Rowe
and Julie Vinks

Husband of:
Marilyn Jean Thompson

After attending Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Phil joined the U.S. Air Force in 1952.

He completed a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering at Arizona State University in 1967. During his time in the Strategic Air Command, Phil flew as Master Navigator in B-58, B-52, RF-4, and other aircraft, including more than 100 reconnaissance missions out of Saigon in 1968-69 and received the Distinguished Flying Cross. After serving in the Systems Program Office for B-1 bomber development at Wright Patterson AFB in Fairborn, Ohio, from 1970-74, and engineering for the Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) in Bedford, Massachusetts, from 1974-75, Phil retired from the Air Force in 1975.

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