Rowe, Josiah P. Jr.
Title
Rowe, Josiah P. Jr.
Last Name
Rowe
First and Middle Name
Josiah P. Jr.
Biographical Text
1st Lieutenant, Army Air Service. Left school early, accepted into pilot training, sent to Foggia, Italy for combat indoctrination, then Issoudon,France. Flew combat missions with the 147th Pursuit Squadron in the SPAD XIII Oct-Nov ’18. Daughter wrote famous book, “Letters from a World War One Aviator.” Became editor of the Fredericksburg “Free-Lance Star.” Mayor of Fredericksburg. Flew the Farman trainer, Nieuport trainer and SPAD XIII.
- Research and text by Joseph Reich
VPI Graduating Class
1920
Service Branch
US Army, Air Service
Unit
147th Pursuit Squadron
Rank
First Lieutenant
Military Events
Noted in The Virginia Tech as flying on the Italian Front as of 31 January 1918.
Contributing Researchers
Joseph Reich
Bibliography
- Pilots of the 147th Aero Squadron around a Spad, taken on 18 October 1918 near Rebercourt, France, US Signal Corps Archive (Rowe is the second to last airman squatting on the far right of this photograph): https://catalog.archives.gov/id/55218628
Files
Collection
Citation
“Rowe, Josiah P. Jr.,” VPI in World War I, accessed March 13, 2025, https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/items/show/859.
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