1st Lt Arthur “Ott” L. Lowery was the pilot of aircraft P-51C-7 with serial number 42-103346. He was on an area patrol mission to the Pas De Calais area.
Statement from 2nd Lt Charles E. Shake, Air Corps: “On 22 June, 1944 at approximately 1215 hours, I was flying Lt. Arthur L. Lowery´s wing in Red four position. After we completed sweeping the area we went down to strafe a locomotive. I assumed a position behind and slightly one side of Lt. Lowery. As we went in on the locomotive, I noticed a lot of wire and lines. It is my opinion that he hit some of the wires. I was fairly low to them but he was still lower than I. His airplane rolled very slowly to the right, and when in a position of about 90 degrees bank, it struck the ground on the nose and right wing. The plane exploded and burned instantly.”
Lowery was initially buried at Saint-André-Cemetery at Évreux, France and re-buried at Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France; Plot A, Row 1, Grave 32.
Emit Marin Edmonds was born on March 18, 1895 in Clinton. He was the son of John Edmonds and Minty Norman Edmonds. He had four brothers, Floyd Edmonds, Elizah Edmonds, Oliver Edmonds, and George Edmonds, and three sisters, Ella Edmonds, Cora Edmonds McBee, and Nora Edmonds Underwood. By 1900, Emit Edmonds was living with his family in Campbell County and, by 1910, the family had moved to Morgan County. Prior to joining the military, Emit Edmonds worked as a blacksmith. On March 20, 1919, he died of tuberculosis at Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg, South Carolina. He is buried in Worthington Cemetery in Anderson County.
Walter P. Renner was born 31 December 1921 in Greene County, Tennessee. His parents were Blaine Thomas Renner and Amita Annie Keys. He enlisted 5 December 1942 and died of wounds 21 December 1944.
