Robert Sidney Bowen

Robert Sidney Bowen
Robert Sidney Bowen, R.A.F.
Born(1900-10-04)October 4, 1900
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedApril 11, 1977(1977-04-11) (aged 76)
AllegianceUnited States of America
Service / branchRoyal Air Force
RankSecond Lieutenant
Other workJournalist and writer

Robert Sidney Bowen, Jr. (October 4, 1900 – April 11, 1977) was an American World War I aviator, newspaper journalist, magazine editor and author who was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and died of cancer in Honolulu, Hawaii, at the age of 76.[1] He is best known for his boys' series books written during World War II, the Dave Dawson War Adventure Series and the Red Randall Series. He also worked under the name R. Sidney Bowen and under the pseudonym James Robert Richard.[2]

  1. ^ Obituary, The New York Times, April 14, 1977.
  2. ^ "Bowen, Robert Sydney" (sic), Something About The Author, ed. Anne Commire. Vol. 52. Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1988, pp. 24–26.