Dedicated to the Preservation of the U.S. Air Force Helicopter History
This website is dedicated to all veterans and active duty of the United States Air Force, Air Force Reserve, and Air National Guard helicopter groundcrew and aircrew, and the helicopters they flew and maintained.
Died in a VNAF UH-1H when he was trying to lift out a small FAC aircraft via cable when the cable broke and flew into the Huey’s rotors causing the crash.
Name: Col Robert Lee Sowers Sr
Birth Date: 14 Feb 1925
Birth Place: Wabash, Wabash County, Indiana, United States of America
Death Date: 27 Apr 1972
Death Place: Vietnam
Cemetery: East Lawn Palms Cemetery and Mortuary
Burial or Cremation Place: Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, United States of America
Father: Grover William Sowers
Mother: Luemma Sowers
Spouse: Mary Florence Sowers
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