History
Lowry Air Force Base was named on 11 March 1938 in honor of Second Lieutenant Francis Lowry whose plane was shot down by German antiaircraft fire in World War I in which he flew as a forward artillery observer on 26 September 1918. Despite bad weather Lieutenant Lowry and his pilot in their Salmson 2A2 had attempted a photo-reconnaissance mission important to the Meuse-Argonne Offensive over Crepion, France. Lowry, who came from a prominent Denver family, was the first Denver aviator killed in wartime. He is buried in Fairmont Cemetery adjacent to the former Air Force Base.
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