Bowes, Lyle Edward
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Lyle Edward |
Surname | Bowes |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 22-06-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of William Edward and Gladys Anna Wilhelmina Bowes, of Frankston, Victoria, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | LM578 |
Markings | EM-C |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Cambridge City Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 14106. |
Epitaph | LOVED AND EVER REMEMBERED. HIS DUTY COURAGEOUSLY ENDED |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 11 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 419253 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 207 |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Tablet and Roll of Honour within wooden case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and memorial to the members of 207 Sqn RAF who served at RAF Bottesford during WW2 |
Location | X, Great Steeping, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed group of Memorial Stones with adjacent info board |
Memorial Text | In memory of 207 Sqn RAF which served at RAF Spilsby and of 10 Sqn Armourers killed in an accident on 10th April 1944 |
Location | All Saints Church, Great Steeping |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet and Roll of Honour within wooden case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and memorial to the members of 207 Sqn RAF who served at RAF Spilsby during WW2 |
Location | Stn Church, RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of 207 Sqn RAF which served at RAF Waddington between 1 November 1940 and 18th November 1941 |
Location | Harby Rd, Langar, Nottinghamshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Memorial Stone |
Memorial Text | A memorial to 207 Sqn RAF which served at RAF Langar during WW2 |
Location | St. Andrew's Church, Langar, Nottinghamshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Brass Plaque & Roll of Honour within wooden case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and a memorial to the personnel of 207 Sqn RAF who were killed flying from RAF Langar during WW2 |
Miscellaneous Information
Some sources quote this aircraft as having markings EM-L but the attached document shows that it was in fact EM-C. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1235/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1235/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 21-06-1944 |
End Date | 22-06-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Spilsby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (2% moon) |
Operation | Wesseling |
Reason for Loss | Came down in the sea off the Dutch coast |