Birth Date: 1919-December-12
Born:
Parents: George Henry & Hannah T. Cowie, Tuxedo, Manitoba.
Spouse:
Home: Assiniboine Park, Tuxedo, Manitoba
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
31 GRS- General Reconnaissance School
Base
RCAF Stn.Charlottetown, PEI.
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/10626
Aircraft failed to gain sufficient altitude at take-off and struck some trees one half mile off the end of the runway and crashed to the ground.
Killed includes Cowie: LAC William McLean RAF KIFA Sherwood Cemetery, Air Force Sec. Grave 18. Sergeant Oswald Parker RAF pilot KIFA Sherwood Cemetery Air Force Sec. Grave 17.
Anson aircraft R 3404 failed to gain sufficient altitude at take-off and struck some trees one half mile off the end of the runway at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Leading Aircraftman W. McLean (RAF), Sgt. P. Parker (RAF) and Pilot Officer DG Cowie were killed. Pilot Officer (later F/L) J.A.Powell survived the crash.
The Avro Anson was known by a number of nicknames including "Faithful Annie" or "Flying Greenhouse". It was the first aircraft to be flown by the Royal Canadian Air Force to have a retractable undercarriage, which was a comparative novelty in 1936. In 1940, a Canadian government owned company, Federal Aircraft Limited, was created in Montreal to manufacture the Anson for Canadian use. Nearly 3,000 Anson aircraft were produced and, in the early days of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), the Anson was the standard trainer for many pilots, observers (navigators), wireless operators and bomb aimers. More than 20,000 aircrew received training on the Anson. In Canadian service, the aircraft was substantially re-designed with the substitution of North American engines and many other airframe and equipment changes. Harold Skaarup web pages
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