Cowen, Wilfred James
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Wilfred James |
Surname | Cowen |
Gender | M |
Age | 32 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 11-11-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of William Martin Cowen and Edith Rose Cowen. Husband of Frances Winifred Cowen, of Romford, Essex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster lll |
Serial Number | PB450 |
Markings | OF-D |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 205. |
Epitaph | |
Ribbon Stone | 0926 (Block 11, Column 3, Row 3) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 24 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 144617 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 97 (Straits Settlements) |
Trade | 2nd pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | International Bomber Command Centre, Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed stone tablet |
Memorial Text | F/O Wilfred James Cowan 97 (Pathfinder) Sqn 16 Jul 1912 - 11 Nov 1944 Missing in Action Forever Mourned |
Location | Church of the Holy Spirit, RAF Coningsby, Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window |
Memorial Text | A stained glass window remembering 97 Sqn in the Church of the Holy Spirit, RAF Coningsby |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/768/22 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/768/21 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 10-11-1944 |
End Date | 11-11-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Coningsby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (21% moon) |
Operation | Night training sortie over Allied occupied France to test LORAN |
Reason for Loss | Night training sortie over France, using LORAN. ( low frequency LOng RAnge Navigation, which determines latitude and longitude of an airplane using the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters). Lost without trace. All eight crew killed |