Cowell, Lewis Wethey
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Lewis Wethey |
Surname | Cowell |
Gender | M |
Age | 28 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 07-05-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Walter and Florence Hale Cowell, of Bexleyheath, Kent. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington IC |
Serial Number | T2824 |
Markings |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Moreton-In-Marsh New Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. K. Grave 29. |
Epitaph | SLEEP ON, BRAVE SON AND TAKE THY REST FOR GOD HAS CALLED WHEN HE THOUGHT BEST |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 24 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1375898 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 21 OTU |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 07-05-1942 |
End Date | 07-05-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Edgehill |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training- night circuits |
Reason for Loss | Whilst training on night circuits and landings, at 0118 an SOS was transmitted, and two minutes later the bomber came down on the Stratford Road, Balscote, four miles WNW of Banbury, Oxfordshire. |