Ashwin, Harold James Bowen
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Harold James Bowen |
Surname | Ashwin |
Gender | M |
Age | 34 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 14-09-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Frank Harold Bowen Ashwin and Irene Stewart Beaney Ashwin. Husband of Dora Wesley Ashwin, of Kilburn. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster II |
Serial Number | DS780 |
Markings | KO-Z |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Golders Green Crematorium |
Grave Reference | Panel 1. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 124 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1870675 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 115 |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Lancaster Industrial Estate, Witchford, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Pillar with inscribed Slate Tablets & Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In honour of those who served during the Second World War 1939 - 1945 |
Miscellaneous Information
Attached from 1678 CU |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/890/18 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/890/17 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 14-09-1943 |
End Date | 14-09-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Little Snoring |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training- systems test and bombing practice |
Reason for Loss | Crashed onto a railway embankment near Magdalen, north of Downham Market, Norfolk |