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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