Bowyer, Richard Laurence Grenville
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Richard Laurence Grenville |
Surname | Bowyer |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | The Hon. |
Date of Death | 29-01-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of George Edward Wentworth Bowyer, M.C., D.L., 1St Baron Denham, and Lady Denham, of Weston Underwood, Buckinghamshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Douglas Boston III |
Serial Number | AL278 |
Markings | MQ-Y |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 123. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 134 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 123153 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 2 |
Squadron | 226 |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Miscellaneous Information
He was the son of Baron and Lady Denham of Weston Underwood, Buckinghamshire |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1406/64 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1406/63 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 29-01-1943 |
End Date | 29-01-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Swanton Morley |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Morlaix- to attack a railway viaduct. The bombs of the first six Bostons missed the viaduct but exploded in the middle of the buildings and houses of the Ursuline, Créou, Carmelite and Calvary districts. The viaduct was close to civilian housing and tragically 80 local people were killed in the attack, including a teacher and thirty-nine children aged four to seven and educated at the Notre-Dame de Lourdes school. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by fighters off the French coast |