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Certificate of Appointment issued to Captain Lewis Paul Bowers, U.S. Army Air Corps, May 14, 1946.

Certificate of Appreciation for War Service issued to Lewis Paul Bowers by the U.S. Army Air Forces, circa 1945.

Photograph of a U.S. Army Air Forces Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft (nose number 290) at an unidentified airfield, circa 1944-1945. Serviceman are visible in the cockpit and hatches.

Photograph of two U.S. Army Air Forces Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft in flight, circa 1944-1945. Inscription on verso: "A-3 formation."

Photograph of a U.S. Army Air Forces Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft in flight, circa 1944-1945. Part of the photographing aircraft is visible in the shot. Inscription on verso: "Formation."

Photograph of a Consolidated B-24 Liberator engine, taken while the aircraft is in flight, circa 1944-1945. Stamped on verso: "Passed by Examiner. Base 2452. U.S. Army."

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…

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…

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 the landing gear of a Consolidated B-24 Liberator during a takeoff or landing, circa 1944. Inscription on verso: "1944. B-24 gear. Paul Bowers. 13th AAF."