Rowland, Willard Hugh (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-July-06

Pilot Officer Willard Hugh Rowland RCAF

Birth Date: 1917

Born:

Parents: Son of William Albert and Alwilda Rowland, of Leaside; husband of Viola Rowland, of Toronto.

Spouse: Husband of Viola Rowland, of Toronto.

Home: Leaside, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

1 CNS- Central Navigation School

Base

Rivers, Manitoba, Canada

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/42435

Home
Google MapLeaside, Ontario
Final Burial
Google MapMount Pleasant Cemetery
Sec 32 Lot 533
1 Central Navigation School, Rivers, Manitoba. Anson aircraft 12364 was engaged in a night navigation exercise when it apparently turned into the fringe of cumulo nimbus cloud. The aircraft was thrown about violently and Pilot Officer Rowland ordered the four students to bail out. He stayed at the controls to allow the students to get clear but he could not escape.

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)

Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. V serial:12364

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1944-July-06. Anson V s/n 12364.

This accident involved 5 people. Fulkes HM, Ivory J, King R, Korber B, Rowland WH

This accident had 1 fatality. Pilot Officer Willard Hugh Rowland RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/42435 Anson 12364

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