Bowles, Ralph David, Capt

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Last Rank
Captain
Last Primary AFSC/MOS
1551A-Weapon Systems Officer
Last AFSC Group
Weapons and Munitions
Primary Unit
1972-1975, 474th Tactical Fighter Wing
Service Years
1968 - 1975
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Home State
Georgia
Georgia
 Year of Birth
1946
 
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Home Town
Winder, Georgia		 Last Address
Nellis AFB, Nevada
Date of Passing
Oct 07, 1975		  
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Plot: 003 C 034

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Last Known Activity:

Date: 07-OCT-1975
Time:  
Type:
General Dynamics F-111A
Owner/operator: 429th TFS, 474th TFW, USAF
Registration: 66-0058
C/n / msn: A1-76
Fatalities: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities: 0
Airplane damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: 20 miles N of Indian Springs, Clark County, Nevada -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature: Military
Departure airport: Nellis AFB, Nevada
Destination airport:  
Narrative:
Crashed and destroyed October 7, 1975 on the Nellis ranges, 20 miles N of Indian Springs, Clark County, Nevada. Both crew - MAJ Merle E. Kenney (pilot) and CAPT Ralph David Bowles (WSO) - were killed.
   
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Captain Bowles was a member of the U.S. Air Force Academy Class of 1968.
http://www.usafa68.org/memorium/im19.htm

 

 
   
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