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F C BOWLES — Fleet Air Arm

1944-04-03 · At sea, off Norway · United Kingdom

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Name: F C BOWLES
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 829 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Victorious
Date of death: 1944-04-03
Aircraft: Barracuda LS 551, coded '4M'
Place of death: At sea, off Norway
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 4
Family details: Son of Henry and Amelia Jane Bowles; husband of Hilda May Bowles of Wellington, Shropshire

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