<span class=prefix>Pilot Officer</span> John Nesbitt Bowker

Pilot Officer John Nesbitt Bowker Veteran

Birth
Ontario, Canada
Death
17 Jul 1941 (aged 27)
Cottesmore, Rutland Unitary Authority, Rutland, England
Burial
Market Overton, Rutland Unitary Authority, Rutland, England Add to Map
Plot
East of Church
Memorial ID
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Hampden I P1278 of 14 Operational Training Unit. Stalled and crashed on take off from RAF. Cottesmore, Rutland when an engine caught fire during the pilot's first solo flight.

Crew:

Pilot Officer John Nesbitt BOWKER (64934) Pilot.

Sergeant John William ROWE (1283048) Wireless Operator.

Pilot Officer John Nesbitt Bowker was 27 years old and the son of Edward Clarke and Kathleen K. Bowker, of Montreal, Quebec, Canada; husband of Romola Bowker.

Hampden I P1278 of 14 Operational Training Unit. Stalled and crashed on take off from RAF. Cottesmore, Rutland when an engine caught fire during the pilot's first solo flight.

Crew:

Pilot Officer John Nesbitt BOWKER (64934) Pilot.

Sergeant John William ROWE (1283048) Wireless Operator.

Pilot Officer John Nesbitt Bowker was 27 years old and the son of Edward Clarke and Kathleen K. Bowker, of Montreal, Quebec, Canada; husband of Romola Bowker.



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  • Maintained by: SMW
  • Originally Created by: Alison
  • Added: 27 Oct 2021
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/233455115/john_nesbitt-bowker: accessed ), memorial page for Pilot Officer John Nesbitt Bowker (19 Oct 1913–17 Jul 1941), Find a Grave Memorial ID 233455115, citing St. Peter and St. Paul's Churchyard, Market Overton, Rutland Unitary Authority, Rutland, England; Maintained by SMW (contributor 50068686).