Cowan, Robert John Alexander (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1943-January-09

Flight Sergeant Robert John Alexander Cowan RCAF

Birth Date: 1923

Born:

Parents: Frederick William & Mabel Cowan

Spouse:

Home: Minnedosa, Manitoba (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

51 (PFF) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Swift And Sure

Base

RAF Snaith

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Wireless Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/95345

Home
Google MapMinnedosa, Manitoba (parents)
Target
Google MapIsland of Juist Netherlands
Memorial Location
Google MapRunnymede Memorial Surrey
Panel 181

Took off from Snaith at 16:34 in Halifax Mk II (Sqn code MH-F Bomber Command) on an operation to lay mines off the Friesian Islands (Nectarine Region).

Shot down by a night fighter and crashed in the North Sea 10 km W of Texel, Noord-Holland.

Killed includes Cowan: Flight Sergeant Ernest Wilson David Roberts RCAF R/102988 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 185. Sergeant Robert Alexander Banks-Martin RNZAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 199. Sergeant John Edwards Lewis Griffiths RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 151. Sergeant Cyril James Osborne RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 160. Flight Sergeant Peter Alfred James Rudkin RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 139. Sergeant Harry Arthur Smith RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 165.

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)