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Attempted a night landing on glassy water in hazy conditions. The aircraft crashed and sank in the Bay south-east of Botwood, Newfoundland. P/O (OB) Robert Fleming Lowther has no known grave, his name is inscribed on the Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario.
F/L(P) Redmond, Joseph Coates , S/O Irene Watson , Sgt (WAG) Eric John Mills , Major Kenneth Storey Morton , W/O1 (WAG) Mandel Max Epstein and W/C (P) Ralph Royden Ings also perished in this incident.
from Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Pilot Officer, Robert Flemming Lowther
November 8, 1943
Service Number: J/41907
Age: 23
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 116 Sqdn.
Son of Eldred F. Lowther and Eva Mae Lowther; husband of Marion E. Lowther, of Kitchener, Ontario.
Commemorated on Page 183 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
This is a Memorial Site. View Cenotaph here
Attempted a night landing on glassy water in hazy conditions. The aircraft crashed and sank in the Bay south-east of Botwood, Newfoundland. P/O (OB) Robert Fleming Lowther has no known grave, his name is inscribed on the Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario.
F/L(P) Redmond, Joseph Coates , S/O Irene Watson , Sgt (WAG) Eric John Mills , Major Kenneth Storey Morton , W/O1 (WAG) Mandel Max Epstein and W/C (P) Ralph Royden Ings also perished in this incident.
from Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Pilot Officer, Robert Flemming Lowther
November 8, 1943
Service Number: J/41907
Age: 23
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 116 Sqdn.
Son of Eldred F. Lowther and Eva Mae Lowther; husband of Marion E. Lowther, of Kitchener, Ontario.
Commemorated on Page 183 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Inscription
Royal Canadian Air Force
Gravesite Details
J/41907
Family Members
Flowers
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Pilot Officer Robert Flemming Lowther
1921 Census of Canada
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Pilot Officer Robert Flemming Lowther
UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947
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Pilot Officer Robert Flemming Lowther
UK, World War II Index to Allied Airmen Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
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Pilot Officer Robert Flemming Lowther
Web: Canada, Virtual War Memorial Index, 1900-2014
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