Bowes, Donald Stuart Maxwell
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Donald Stuart Maxwell |
Surname | Bowes |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 31-03-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Victor Albert and Elizabeth Stuart Maxwell Bowes, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster X |
Serial Number | KB869 |
Markings | VR-Q |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Becklingen War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 13. A. 9. |
Epitaph | WITH THOUGHTS AND TEARS WE MARK THIS GRAVE WHERE LIES OUR SON |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 134 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/37559 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 419 (Moose) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Bowes Creek, Manitoba; 4km north of Jefferson Lake and 20km NW of Southern Indian Lake |
Country | Canada |
Memorial Type | Creek |
Memorial Text |
Location | Outside Former St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Memorial Tablet on Stone Memorial |
Memorial Text | A memorial to Nos 419, 420 and 428 Sqns RCAF who flew from RAF Middleton St George during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1823/30 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1823/29 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 31-03-1945 |
End Date | 31-03-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Middleton St. George |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Hamburg to attack the Blohm and Voss shipbuilding yards, where a new class of U-boats was being assembled. 469 aircraft, 11 lost due to a surprise appearance of the new Me 262 jet-propelled fighter. It was it's only appearance in fact. The target was completely cloud-covered so bombing was scattered throughout Hamburg with little damage to the intended target |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a jet-propelled fighter (Me 262) south of Hamburg and crashed near Harburg |