Verdun, QuebecAfter liberation, Warrant Officer Class 1 Bowen was safe, back in the UK 1945-04-23
Footprints on the Sands of Time, RAF Bomber Command Prisoners of War in Germany 1939-45 by Oliver Clutton-Brock, page 250
Bowen, Murray Gerald (Warrant Officer 1st Class)
Prisoner of War 1941-November-08
Birth Date: unkown date
Born:
Parents:
Spouse: Husband of Phyllis May (nee Bowman) Bowen
Home: Verdun, Quebec
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
99 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Quisque Tenax Each tenacious
Base
RAF Waterbeach
Rank
Warrant Officer 1st Class
Position
Air Gunner (Rear)
Service Numbers
R/56191
PoW: 24383
Finadagrave.comCrew or Other Personnel
Wellington X9739
Mission
Wellington IC X9739
Bombing 1941-November-07 to 1941-November-08
99 (B) Balloon (RAF) RAF Waterbeach
99 (Madras Presidency) Squadron RAF (Quisque tenax) RAF Waterbeach. Wellington Ic aircraft X9739 LN- was shot down by heavy flak during an operation against targets in Berlin Germany. The aircraft was claimed by multiple flak batteries: Reserve Flak Abteilung 801, Reserve Flak Abteilung 232, Reserve Flak Abteilung 907 and 5/Schwere Flakers Abteilung 6. The Wellington crashed near Wittorf, Germany, South-West of Frankfurt, mid-way between Stuttgart and Nuremberg
Sergeant Raymond Dean (RAFVR) and Sergeant Alexander Mackenzie (RAFVR) were both killed in action.
Warrant Officer 1st Class Murray Gerald Bowen (RCAF), Flight Lieutenant Harry Albert Goodwin DFC (RAFVR), Flight Lieutenant Harry Hubert Henderson (RAF) and Pilot Officer William Dermot Moore (RAFVR) all survived to become Prisoners of War
Nachtjagd Combat Archive, The Early Years Part 2, 13 July 1941 - 26 May 1942 by Theo Boiten, page 67
Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database
Vickers 416 Wellington IC I Bureau of Aircraft Accident Archives
Wellington X9739 IC - Bombing - 1941-11-07 to 1941-11-08
Squadron: 99 (B) Balloon (RAF)
Start Date: 1941-11-07
Completion Date: 1941-11-08
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City:
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Waterbeach
Take Off Time: 17:22:00
Squadron Code: LN-
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Germany
Crash Specifics: Wittorf, Germany, South-West of Frankfurt, mid-way between Stuttgart and Nuremberg
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: flak
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
99 (Madras Presidency) Squadron RAF (Quisque tenax) RAF Waterbeach. Wellington Ic aircraft X9739 LN- was shot down by heavy flak during an operation against targets in Berlin Germany. The aircraft was claimed by multiple flak batteries: Reserve Flak Abteilung 801, Reserve Flak Abteilung 232, Reserve Flak Abteilung 907 and 5/Schwere Flakers Abteilung 6. The Wellington crashed near Wittorf, Germany, South-West of Frankfurt, mid-way between Stuttgart and Nuremberg
Sergeant Raymond Dean (RAFVR) and Sergeant Alexander Mackenzie (RAFVR) were both killed in action.
Warrant Officer 1st Class Murray Gerald Bowen (RCAF), Flight Lieutenant Harry Albert Goodwin DFC (RAFVR), Flight Lieutenant Harry Hubert Henderson (RAF) and Pilot Officer William Dermot Moore (RAFVR) all survived to become Prisoners of War
Nachtjagd Combat Archive, The Early Years Part 2, 13 July 1941 - 26 May 1942 by Theo Boiten, page 67
Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database
Vickers 416 Wellington IC I Bureau of Aircraft Accident Archives