Items from Box One, Folder 6 of the Lewis Paul Bowers World War II Collection, circa 1943-1945. Folder contains assorted military documents related to Bowers' service with the U.S. Army Air Forces, including immunization and health records,…
Items from Box One, Folder 11 of the Lewis Paul Bowers World War II Collection, January 1944 to December 1944. Folder contains 22 letters written by Bowers to family members during his military service. Most of the letters are addressed to his…
Photographic group portrait of a U.S. Army Air Forces flight crew, including Lewis Paul Bowers, posing with the tail gun of a Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft, circa 1944. The crew is partially identified in the verso inscription, though many of…
Photograph of a U.S. Army Air Forces flight crew, including Lewis Paul Bowers (standing, far left), with a Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft, circa January 1944. The crew is identified in the verso inscription.
Inscription on verso: "Left to right…
Photograph of a U.S. Army Air Forces flight crew, including Paul Lewis Bowers (standing, third from left), with a Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft, circa 1944-1945. The aircraft's nose art depicts a woman in lingerie. Most of the crew are…
Items from Box One, Folder 12 of the Lewis Paul Bowers World War II Collection, January 1945 to May 1945. Folder contains seven letters written by Bowers to family members during his military service. Most of the letters are addressed to his mother,…
Letter to Captain Lewis P. Bowers from Montano C[illegible], July 9, 1945. Sends personal news about his studies at St. Paul College (Philippines), asks about Bowers' health and family, and requests help in purchasing school supplies. Three…