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Crew 12

Lieutenant William M. Bower

Pilot
37th Bomb Squadron
- First name:
William
- Middle name:
Marsh
- Last name:
Bower
- Nickname:
Bill
- Rank Doolittle raid:
Lieutenant
- Last rank:
Colonel
- Service number:
0-398577
- Date of birth:
13 February 1917
- Place of birth:
Ravenna, Ohio
- Date of death:
10 January 2011
- Place of death:
Boulder, Colorado
- Place of the cemetery:
Arlington, Virigina
- Name of the cemetery:
Arlington National Cemetery

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