Flight Lieutenant Rowcroft was the 467 Squadron Navigation Officer at the time he was killed in action
Rowcroft, Oscar Gladwin (Flight Lieutenant)
Killed in Action 1943-February-25
Birth Date: 1919-April-06
Born: Fairfield, Darebin City, Victoria, Australia
Parents: Son of Thomas Wilson Rowcroft and Gertrude May (nee Lloyd) Rowcroft, of Elwood, Victoria, Australia
Spouse:
Home: Irymple, Victoria, Australia
Enlistment: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Enlistment Date: 1941-January-04
Service
RAAF
Unit
467 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAAF)
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Base
RAF Bottesford
Rank
Flight Lieutenant
Position
Navigator
Service Numbers
401196
Target
Nuremberg Germany
Temporary Burial
Herzogenaurach Village Cemetery, Germany
Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied
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Lancaster ED526
Mission
Lancaster Mk.I/III ED526
Bombing Nuremberg Germany 1943-February-25 to 1943-February-25
467 (B) Sqn (RAAF) RAF Bottesford, England
467 Squadron RAAF (Recidite adversarius atque ferocitea) RAF Bottesford. Lancaster BIII ED 526 PO-J was shot down by flak during an operation against targets in Nuremburg, Germany. The Lancaster crashed near Weisendorf, Bayern, Germany with the loss of the entire crew
Warrant Officer 2nd Class J L B Larin (RCAF), Warrant Officer 2nd Class R S Woolley (RCAF), Flight Lieutenant O G Rowcroft (RAAF), Warrant Officer M P Stewart (RAAF), Sergeant E O'Kane (RAFVR), Sergeant R Wiggins (RAFVR) and Sergeant R M Wylie (RAFVR) were all killed in action
Lancaster ED526 Mk.I/III - Bombing Nuremberg Germany - 1943-02-25 to 1943-02-25
Squadron: 467 (B) Sqn (RAAF)
Start Date: 1943-02-25
Completion Date: 1943-02-25
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Nuremberg Germany
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Bottesford, England
Take Off Time: 19:46:00
Squadron Code: PO-J
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Germany
Crash Specifics: Weisendorf, Bayern
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: flak
Flak Battery: unspecified
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
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467 Squadron RAAF (Recidite adversarius atque ferocitea) RAF Bottesford. Lancaster BIII ED 526 PO-J was shot down by flak during an operation against targets in Nuremburg, Germany. The Lancaster crashed near Weisendorf, Bayern, Germany with the loss of the entire crew
Warrant Officer 2nd Class J L B Larin (RCAF), Warrant Officer 2nd Class R S Woolley (RCAF), Flight Lieutenant O G Rowcroft (RAAF), Warrant Officer M P Stewart (RAAF), Sergeant E O'Kane (RAFVR), Sergeant R Wiggins (RAFVR) and Sergeant R M Wylie (RAFVR) were all killed in action
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