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==Early life and education == |
==Early life and education == |
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Born in [[Benson, Minnesota]], McGowan received his bachelor's degree from the [[University of Missouri]] in 1942 |
Born in [[Benson, Minnesota]], McGowan received his bachelor's degree from the [[University of Missouri]] where he graduated in 1942, with his cousin [[Martin J. McGowan Jr.]] |
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His comprehensive biography is |
His comprehensive biography is maintained on WikiTree <ref>[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/McGowan-768 Wikitree McGowan-768]</ref> |
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<ref>[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/McGowan-768 Wikitree McGowan-768]</ref> |
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== Career == |
== Career == |
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McGowan was an WWII American Aviator, |
McGowan was an WWII American Aviator, fatally shot down on D-Day, near the village of Moon-sur-Elle, FR. His heroic service first came to public attention in Archaeology, ''McGowan set out from Royal Air Force Thruxton in Hampshire in southern England on a mission to target the Lison train station and enemy convoys moving northeast toward Bayeux'' |
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<ref>[https://www.archaeology.org/issues/390-2007/letter-from/8784-normandy-d-day Archaeology July/August 2020]</ref> |
<ref>[https://www.archaeology.org/issues/390-2007/letter-from/8784-normandy-d-day Archaeology, Jarrett A. Lobell, July/August 2020]</ref> |
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His service was remembered by The Greatest Generations Foundation at their Sainte-Marie du Mont meeting hall on July 8, 2022, with three surviving D-Day veterans attending.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/rememberthosewhoserved/posts/pfbid02VddaAmXfjmwX5rVDayeEGE1NyMmQ9S3k8Pfi8fgvXee6ipQKLZt3uakMToUfZgLvl Three American D-Day veterans were on hand to witness the burial of a U.S. Army Air Forces lieutenant who was killed on D-Day]</ref> |
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He was interred in a ceremony on July 9, 2022, marked by the American Battle Monuments Commission <ref>[https://www.abmc.gov/news-events/news/wwii-pilot-2nd-lt-william-j-mcgowan-laid-rest-normandy-american-cemetery WWII Pilot 2nd Lt. William J. McGowan laid to rest at Normandy American Cemetery]</ref> |
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His cousin [[Martin J. McGowan Jr.]] was a classmate graduate at the University of Missouri. |
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McGowan died in combat on D-Day near the village of [[Moon-sur-Elle, FR]].<ref>[ ... ]</ref> |
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==Notes== |
==Notes== |
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Revision as of 15:59, 22 July 2022
2nd Lt. William J. McGowan | |
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| Born | William J. McGowan July 26, 1920 |
| Died | June 6, 1944 (aged 23) Moon-sur-Elle, FR |
| Occupation(s) | journalist, aviator |
Lt William J. McGowan (July 26, 1920 – June 6, 1944) was a WWII American Army Aviator.
Early life and education
Born in Benson, Minnesota, McGowan received his bachelor's degree from the University of Missouri where he graduated in 1942, with his cousin Martin J. McGowan Jr.
His comprehensive biography is maintained on WikiTree [1]
Career
McGowan was an WWII American Aviator, fatally shot down on D-Day, near the village of Moon-sur-Elle, FR. His heroic service first came to public attention in Archaeology, McGowan set out from Royal Air Force Thruxton in Hampshire in southern England on a mission to target the Lison train station and enemy convoys moving northeast toward Bayeux [2]
His service was remembered by The Greatest Generations Foundation at their Sainte-Marie du Mont meeting hall on July 8, 2022, with three surviving D-Day veterans attending.[3]
He was interred in a ceremony on July 9, 2022, marked by the American Battle Monuments Commission [4]