The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) to Lieutenant Commander Frederick William Bowen (NSN: 0-116326), United States Navy, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a pilot of fighter aircraft attached to Fighter Squadron EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR (VF-884), aboard the U.S.S. KEARSARGE. As flight leader on 29 September 1952, Lieutenant Commander Bowen, while participating in a strike mission at Tong-chon-ni, a small city in hostile North Korea, did courageously and skillfully direct attacks, in the face of intense automatic and small arms fire, upon an enemy troop and supply area. By direct hits with his bombs he destroyed one anti-aircraft position, two personnel buildings and annihilated an estimated fifty enemy troops. Lieutenant Commander Bowen showed skillful versatility without regard for his own personal safety and displayed the inspiring leadership and steadfast devotion to duty that are in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.