Bowsher, Norman Frederick (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1942-March-31

Pilot Officer Norman Frederick Bowsher RCAF

Birth Date: 1914-January-16

Born:

Parents: Fred H Bowsher & Hessie A S Bowsher, Calvin, Alberta, Canada.

Spouse:

Home: Oyama, British Columbia

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

76 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Resolute

Base

RAF Tain

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/5797

Home
Google MapOyama, British Columbia
Target
Google MapTirpitz Battleship Norway
Memorial Location
Google MapRunnymede Memorial Surrey
Panel 100

Took off from Tain in Halifax Mk II (Sqn code MP-K Bomber Command) on an operation to bomb the battleship 'Tirpitz'.

Believed to have run out of fuel and ditched in the sea off Sumburgh Head, Shetland Islands, Scotland There were no survivors.

Killed includes Bowsher: Flight Sergeant William John Cadger RCAF R/64713 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 103. Flight Sergeant Leonard Watson Fletcher RCAF R/57839 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 103. Sergeant Leonard William Hanson RAAF Runnymede Memorial Panel 112. Squadron Leader Arthur Patrick Burdett RAF KIA Lerwick New Cemetery Terrace 7B. Grave 6. Sergeant Stanley Davis RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 81. Sergeant Dennis Clifford Martin RAF Runnymede Memorial Panel 89.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)