Cowie, Robert James (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1945-February-01

Pilot Officer Robert James Cowie RCAF

Birth Date: 1921

Born:

Parents: William & Mary Sutherland Cowie, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

Spouse:

Home: Culver City, California, USA

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

76 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Resolute

Base

RAF Holme-upon-Spalding Moor

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Air Gunner

Service Numbers

J/90034
Prev: R/210906

Home
Google MapCulver City, California, USA
Target
Google MapMainz Germany
Final Burial
Google MapBrookwood Military Cemetery
grave 56 F 8

Took off from Spalding-on-the-Moor in Halifax Mk III (Sqn code SE-E Bomber Command) on an operation to Mainz Germany.

Home-bound at 7000 feet over East Anglia when the starboard outer engine commenced vibrating. Both starboard engines caught fire. Aircraft crashed and burned at Tibenham, near Diss, Norfolk.

Killed includes Cowie: Pilot Officer John Philip Ellingson RCAF J/93854 KIA Brookwood Military Cemetery grave 56. H. 10. Pilot Officer Patrick Joseph McBrinn RCAF J/93280 KIA Brookwood Military Cemetery grave 56. F. 7. Flying Officer Haroll Richard Mock RAF KIA Exeter Higher Cemetery. Flying Officer Kenneth William Oddy RAF KIA Greenbank Cemetery, Bristol grave TT. 486.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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