COMBAT PILOT EUGENE BAUWIN MISSING IN ACTION IN KOREA
Capt.
Eugene Bauwin, Thiel College graduate who left a position as personnel
director for the R. D. Werner Company in 1951 to return to military
duty, hs been reported missing in action in Korea.
Notice that
he is missing was received by his wife, the former Shirley Corll,
daughter of Mrs. Bess Corll, Sandy Lake. Mrs. Bauwin and a daughter now
reside at Dayton, Ohio, where Capt Bauwin previously had been stationed
at Wright-Patterson Air Field.
Capt. Bauwin, a veteran of World
War II and reservist who was called back to duty, had been in Korea
since Nov. 1 and was pilot of a fighter-bomber based at Seoul. He had
written letters daily to his wife, the last received being dated Jan. 9.
Born
in Ford City, he spent most of his early years in Sandy Lake where he
was graduated from the Sandy Lake High School. After his college
career had been interrupted by service in European and Pacific war
theaters in World War II, he received a degree from Thiel in 1947.
After
having been employed by Eastern Airlines and Talon, Inc., at Meadville,
Mr. Bauwin became personnel director for the Werner company on May 8,
1950, and continued in that post until Sept. 4, 1951.
Active in
Community Chest and civic campaigns, he had been named to head the
1951-52 drive of the Greater Greenville Community Chest but was called
to service before the opening of the campaign. (Source: The Record-Argus, Greenville, PA, ,Wed., Jan. 14, 1953, pg. 1)
SUSPEND SEARCH FOR CAPT. BAUWIN
Plane Exploded in Air, Fellow Pilots Report
Word
that the search for her husband has been suspended was received in a
War Department telegram by Mrs. Eugene Bauwin, wife of Capt. Eugene
Bauwin, reported missing in action in Korea last Tuesday.
Mrs.
Bauwin, the former Shirley Corll of Sandy Lake, learned in a follow-up
message yesterday that members of the squadron in which her husband was
flying had witnessed the explosion of his plane in mid-air. Capt.
Bauwin is presumed dead by the War Department.
The youthful
flier left a position as personnel director for the R. D. Werner
Company in 1951 to return to military duty. He was a veteran of World
War II and a graduate of Thiel College.
Born in Ford City, Capt.
Bauwin was a resident of Sandy Lake during his early years and was
graduated from Sandy Lake High School. He also was a member of
the Sandy Lake methodist Church and of Eureka Lodge No. 290, F. and
A.M., at Greenville. (Source: The Record-Argus, Sat, Jan. 17, 1953, pg. 1)
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