Trower, Frederick James (Sergeant)
Killed in Action 1943-October-07
Birth Date: 1924
Born:
Parents: Son of Frederick William and Alice Mary Trower, of Muswell Hill, Middlesex
Spouse:
Home: Muswell Hill, Middlesex, England
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
354 (AS) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
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Base
RAF Cuttack
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service Numbers
577838
Muswell Hill, Middlesex, England
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
www.findagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Crew or Other Personnel
Liberator BZ887
Mission
Liberator B 24 BZ887
Convoy Patrol 1943-October-07 to 1943-October-07
354 (AS) Sqn (RAF) RAF Cuttack
354 Squadron RAF Cuttack, India. Liberator GRV aircraft BZ 887 D had just taken off for a shipping escort operation and was flying at about 800 feet when it suddenly dove into the ground five miles from the aerodrome at Cuttack, India, killing the entire crew. The cause of the crash was undetermined
FS HB Sigel (RCAF), Flying Officer FV Breen (RCAF), Flying Officer EH Bullis (RCAF), Pilot Officer SJ Dubowski (RCAF), FS HE Miles (RCAF), Flying Officer WJ Fisher (RCAF), Flying Officer WK Redman (RCAF), Flying Officer CL Moody (RAFVR) and Flying Officer FJ Trower (RAFVR) were all killed in action
The Liberator in Royal Air Force and Commonwealth Service by James D Oughton page 133
1943 354 Squadron Liberator V BZ887 D F/O. Moody
Liberator BZ887 [Royal Air Force Aircraft Serial and Image Database]...
Liberator serial: BZ887
(DND Photos via James Craik) (Source Harold A Skaarup Web Page)
Consolidated Liberator G.R. Mk. VIII, RCAF (Serial No. 11130) ex-USAAF Consolidated (Vultee) B-24L Liberator USAAF (44-50154)
ex-RAF (Serial No. 5009), ex-Indian Air Force (Serial No. HE773).
Currently preserved in the Canada Aviation and Space Museum Ottawa Ontario.
Consolidated Liberator G.R. Mk. VIII, RCAF (Serial No. 11130) ex-USAAF Consolidated (Vultee) B-24L Liberator USAAF (44-50154)
ex-RAF (Serial No. 5009), ex-Indian Air Force (Serial No. HE773).
Currently preserved in the Canada Aviation and Space Museum Ottawa Ontario.
The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was an American heavy bomber flown by the RCAF during the Second Word War. It was designed with a shoulder-mounted, high aspect ratio Davis wing which gave the Liberator a high cruise speed, long range and the ability to carry a heavy bomb load. Early RAF Liberators were the first aircraft to cross the Atlantic Ocean as a matter of routine. In comparison with its contemporaries the B-24 was relatively difficult to fly and had poor low speed performance; it also had a lower ceiling compared with the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Of the roughly 18,500 B-24s built in the USA during the war, 148 were flown by the RCAF on long range anti-submarine patrols, with the B-24 serving an instrumental role in closing the Mid-Atlantic gap in the Battle of the Atlantic. The RCAF also flew a few B-24s post war as transports.
Roughly half of all (RAF) Liberator crews in the China-Burma-India (CBI) Theatre were Canadian by the end of the war. John Muir of Vancouver flew the longest mission of the war: 24hrs, 10mins from Ceylon to Burma and back. (Kyle Hood) Harold Skaarup web page
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