Bowler, Albert Henry (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1943-March-23

Male Head

Birth Date: 1918-August-02

Born:

Parents: Son of Albert H. and Ethel M. Bowler; husband of Bridget Bowler, of Borrowash, Derbyshire.

Spouse: Husband of Bridget Bowler, of Borrowash, Derbyshire.

Home: Sedgewick, Alberta

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

511 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Surely and Quickly

Base

RAF Gibraltar

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

124347

Memorial Location
Google MapRunnymede Memorial Surrey
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511 Squadron (Surely and Quickly) Liberator II aircraft AL 587 carrying passengers, shot down by JU88 fighters in the Bay of Biscay on a flight from Gibraltar to Lyneham, England. Flying Officer AH Bowler (RAFVR)(Can)(511 Sqn), Flying Officer TJ Marriott (RCAF), Flying Officer JS Renouf (RCAF), Flying Officer OA Smith (RCAF), FS CE Ferro (RCAF), Sergeant LG Burry (RAFVR)(Nfld), Flight Sergeant WJ Hough (RNZA), Flying Officer F Stuart (RAAF), Flying Officer JG Green (RAFVR)(511Sqn), Sergeant F Boustead (RAFVR)(511 Sqn), Sergeant WA Upston (RAFVR) (511 Sqn), Flying Officer RS Tedder (RAFVR)(511 Sqn), Flight Lieutenant GTR Francis (RAFVR), Sergeant RP Marvin (RAFVR), AVM RPM Whitham CB OBE MC (RAF), Sergeant NR Knights (RAF), Lt PS Skelton RN, Col JE Morin Free French Army, Lt Col LW Armstrong-McDonnell Irish Guards all missing, presumed killed (Patrick & R. McNeill www.rafcommands.com)