Fowler, Harry Wilfred
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Harry Wilfred |
Surname | Fowler |
Gender | M |
Decorations | AFM |
Date of Death | 29-06-1943 |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | JD215 |
Markings | VR-B |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Mierlo War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | VII. B. 1. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 166 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | C/14078 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 419 (Moose) |
Squadron Motto | Moosa aswayita |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
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 27/1822/34 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1822/33 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 28-06-1943 |
End Date | 29-06-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Middleton St. George |
Day/Night Raid | Night (12% moon) |
Operation | Cologne. 608 aircraft, 25 losses (4.1%). PFF went with a 'dual plan' because it was not certain whether there might be a break in the cloud. In fact it was cloud covered so sky-marking had to be used. Only 7 of the 12 Oboe equipped Mosquitoes reached the target and only 6 of these actually dropped markers. Despite this, the main force delivered Cologne's worst attack of the war with 43 industrial, 6 military and 6368 other buildings completely destroyed. The cathedral was also seriously damaged. 4377 deaths and some 230000 bombed out of their homes. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Waalre, SSW of Eindhoven, Holland |