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DOWLING, Albert

Aircraft Information
Aircraft
Serial Number
Markings
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country France
Burial/Memorial Place Souge-Sur-Braye Communal Cemetery
Grave Reference Mil. Plot. Row 1. Coll. grave 5-7..
Epitaph REJOICE THE LAMB THAT WAS SLAIN O'ER DEATH IS TRIUMPHANT AND LIVETH AGAIN
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 157
Enlistment information
Service Number 580365
Service Royal Air Force
Group AASF
Squadron 103
Trade
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 30-11--0001
End Date 30-11--0001
Takeoff Station Sougé, France
Day/Night raid
Operation
Reason for Loss 103 Squadron's Airfield was Bombed by Dorniers. Sgt Dowling was found Dead in a silt trench having been completely covered when the trench collapsed. F/O R D Max and his gunner (name unknown) had also dived into the trench on hearing the approaching Dorniers but survived. They dug out Sgt Dowling with their bare hands but sadly he was already dead.