Flight Sergeant Donald Ivan Bowden was a veteran of the Second World War.
408 Squadron's Avro Lancaster (#LL719) aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, took off from RAF Linton-on-Ouse for a night air operation over Leipzig, Germany. LL719 failed to return to base, having crashed-probably in the target area-in Germany, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in this incident were-
RCAF Pilot Officer Gordon N. BENNETT,
RCAF Flight Sergeant Donald Ivan BOWDEN,
RCAF Pilot Officer Ralph Gordon KELLY,
RCAF Flying Officer Gordon William McKay RICHTER,
RCAF Pilot Officer Sherman Lewis ROACH,
RAFVR Pilot Officer Charles William George ROBERTS and
RAF Sergeant Frederick George SKEET.
Military Service-
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Service Number: R/159925
Age: 20
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: RCAF 408 ('Goose') Squadron; RAF Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire
(Motto: 'For Freedom')
A student, residing in Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 23 March 1942 in Montreal.
Son of Ivan Heyer Bowden, M.M., and Rhoda Geraldine (née McCaig) Bowden of Sutton, Quebec, Canada; his twin brother, RCAF Sergeant William Heyer BOWDEN, also served and fell during the Second World War.
Flight Sergeant Donald Ivan Bowden is commemorated on Page 255 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also remembered with love and honour on a family grave monument in the Fairmount Cemetery in Sutton, Quebec.
408 Squadron's Avro Lancaster (#LL719) aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, took off from RAF Linton-on-Ouse for a night air operation over Leipzig, Germany. LL719 failed to return to base, having crashed-probably in the target area-in Germany, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in this incident were-
RCAF Pilot Officer Gordon N. BENNETT,
RCAF Flight Sergeant Donald Ivan BOWDEN,
RCAF Pilot Officer Ralph Gordon KELLY,
RCAF Flying Officer Gordon William McKay RICHTER,
RCAF Pilot Officer Sherman Lewis ROACH,
RAFVR Pilot Officer Charles William George ROBERTS and
RAF Sergeant Frederick George SKEET.
Military Service-
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Service Number: R/159925
Age: 20
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: RCAF 408 ('Goose') Squadron; RAF Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire
(Motto: 'For Freedom')
A student, residing in Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 23 March 1942 in Montreal.
Son of Ivan Heyer Bowden, M.M., and Rhoda Geraldine (née McCaig) Bowden of Sutton, Quebec, Canada; his twin brother, RCAF Sergeant William Heyer BOWDEN, also served and fell during the Second World War.
Flight Sergeant Donald Ivan Bowden is commemorated on Page 255 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also remembered with love and honour on a family grave monument in the Fairmount Cemetery in Sutton, Quebec.
Flight Sergeant Donald Ivan Bowden was a veteran of the Second World War.
408 Squadron's Avro Lancaster (#LL719) aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, took off from RAF Linton-on-Ouse for a night air operation over Leipzig, Germany. LL719 failed to return to base, having crashed-probably in the target area-in Germany, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in this incident were-
RCAF Pilot Officer Gordon N. BENNETT,
RCAF Flight Sergeant Donald Ivan BOWDEN,
RCAF Pilot Officer Ralph Gordon KELLY,
RCAF Flying Officer Gordon William McKay RICHTER,
RCAF Pilot Officer Sherman Lewis ROACH,
RAFVR Pilot Officer Charles William George ROBERTS and
RAF Sergeant Frederick George SKEET.
Military Service-
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Service Number: R/159925
Age: 20
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: RCAF 408 ('Goose') Squadron; RAF Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire
(Motto: 'For Freedom')
A student, residing in Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 23 March 1942 in Montreal.
Son of Ivan Heyer Bowden, M.M., and Rhoda Geraldine (née McCaig) Bowden of Sutton, Quebec, Canada; his twin brother, RCAF Sergeant William Heyer BOWDEN, also served and fell during the Second World War.
Flight Sergeant Donald Ivan Bowden is commemorated on Page 255 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also remembered with love and honour on a family grave monument in the Fairmount Cemetery in Sutton, Quebec.
408 Squadron's Avro Lancaster (#LL719) aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, took off from RAF Linton-on-Ouse for a night air operation over Leipzig, Germany. LL719 failed to return to base, having crashed-probably in the target area-in Germany, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in this incident were-
RCAF Pilot Officer Gordon N. BENNETT,
RCAF Flight Sergeant Donald Ivan BOWDEN,
RCAF Pilot Officer Ralph Gordon KELLY,
RCAF Flying Officer Gordon William McKay RICHTER,
RCAF Pilot Officer Sherman Lewis ROACH,
RAFVR Pilot Officer Charles William George ROBERTS and
RAF Sergeant Frederick George SKEET.
Military Service-
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Service Number: R/159925
Age: 20
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: RCAF 408 ('Goose') Squadron; RAF Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire
(Motto: 'For Freedom')
A student, residing in Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 23 March 1942 in Montreal.
Son of Ivan Heyer Bowden, M.M., and Rhoda Geraldine (née McCaig) Bowden of Sutton, Quebec, Canada; his twin brother, RCAF Sergeant William Heyer BOWDEN, also served and fell during the Second World War.
Flight Sergeant Donald Ivan Bowden is commemorated on Page 255 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also remembered with love and honour on a family grave monument in the Fairmount Cemetery in Sutton, Quebec.
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Records on Ancestry
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1931 Census of Canada
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Web: UK and Allied Countries, Index of International Bomber Command Losses, 1936-1966
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Canada, World War II Records and Service Files of War Dead, 1939-1947
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UK, World War II Index to Allied Airmen Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
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Canada, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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