Rowat, Robert 'Robin'

Killed in Flying Accident 1917-09-16

Birth Date: unkown date

Born: Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Dorthy Louise Holms & the late Dewar Watson Rowat

Home: Moore Park, Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RFC

Unit

8 (BR) Sqn- Squadron (RFC)

Base

France

Rank

Second-Lieutenant

Position

Second-Lieutenant

Service Numbers

Home
Google MapMoore Park, Toronto, Ontario
First Burial
Google MapBucquoy Road Cemetery, Bucquoy, Pas De Calais, France
Rowat was born in Scotland and emigrated to Canada with his family in 1908 (age 16).1917-09-16: Rowat was killed in a flying accident when his aircraft: "Dived to the ground due to insufficient bank or speed on landing, from practice artillery observation". Rowat, and his observer 2AM JH Muscutt, 88146, (British, no forenames) were both killed in the subsequent crash.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

F.K.8 B326

Second-Lieutenant Rowat, Robert 'Robin' (RFC)
pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1917-September-16
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN 3387943)
Armstrong-Whitworth F.K.8.
(Source Harold A Skaarup web page)
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The Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8 was a British two-seat general-purpose biplane built by Armstrong Whitworth during the First World War. The type served alongside the better known R.E.8 until the end of the war, at which point 694 F.K.8s remained on RAF charge.Harold Skaarup web page

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