Owen, Ivor Glyn
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Ivor Glyn |
Surname | Owen |
Gender | M |
Age | 28 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 16-01-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of John and Annie Vaughan Owen, of Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. Husband of Eileen Bridge Owen, of Llandudno. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | NA603 |
Markings | LK-T |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Hanover War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 6. C. 17. |
Epitaph | WHO WILL LIVE ON IN THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO LOVED HIM |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 221 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 146350 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 578 |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to A19, Burn, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Memorial Stone |
Memorial Text | For all who served in 578 Squadron Royal Air Force Burn 1944 - 1945 |
Location | Methodist Church, Burn, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text |
Location | Selby Abbey, Selby, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | RoH in Glass topped wooden cabinet |
Memorial Text | In memory of all 578 Sqn Aircrew who failed to return from Ops at RAF Burn |
Miscellaneous Information
The surviving crew members all became PoW |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2101/14 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2050/25 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 16-01-1945 |
End Date | 17-01-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Burn |
Day/Night Raid | Night (10% moon) |
Operation | Magdeburg. 371 aircraft, 17 losses (4.6%). Bomber Command claimed a successful area raid with 44% of the built-up area of the town being destroyed. |
Reason for Loss | Thought to have been show down by a night-fighter. Crashed WSW of Schöppenstedt, Germany |