Louis E. Nowlin entered the service in the District of Columbia and served in the 363rd Fighter Squadron, 357th Fighter Group as a Second Lieutenant during World War II. On September 15, 1944, 2Lt. Nowlin was Killed in Action while flying the P-51B Mustang coded B6-L “Flying Panther” based at Leiston, England. On the day he was lost, 2Lt. Nowlin was flying the aircraft of Captain Edward K. Simpson. 2Lt. Nowlin was involved in a mid-air collision with Lt. Kenneth F. Graeff; both men crashed into the English Channel. 2Lt. Nowlin was declared "Missing" and now is commemorated on the Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

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