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Robert Cowin | |||
| Rank: | Pilot Officer (Nav) | Number: | 132147 |
| Ship/Rgn/Sqn No: | 16 O.T.U. RAFVR | ||
| Name of Rgt or Ship: | Bomber Command | ||
| Died: | 31/12/1942 | Age: | 32 |
| How Died: | Accidental | ||
| Country of burial: | U.K. | Grave Photo: | Yes |
| Cemetery or Memorial: | Mansergh (St. Peter's) Churchyard | ||
| Town Memorial: | Not Listed | ||
| Extra Information: | |||
Joined the Metro-Vicker's Company as a Probationary College Apprentice in September 1929 and returned as a College Apprentice in 1933. On completion of his apprenticeship in December 1934, he joined the staff of the Erection Department. Joined the RAF in August 1941 and commissioned as a Pilot Officer in 1942. Killed in an aircraft accident in England in 1942. Bachelor of Engineering (Sheffield). Flying with 16 Operational Training Unit, they took off at 18.15 hrs in a Wellington Mk III - No. Z1665 from RAF Upper Heyford for an evening bombing detail but crashed a few minutes later into a wood near Barton Abbey, 4 miles WSW of the airfield. Six of the crew were killed - one survived but was severely injured. | |||
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| Metro-Vickers (Trafford Park) | |||
| Metro-Vickers R.U.F.C. (Sale) | |||
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