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Military service
Service number:
R/95345
Age:
20
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
51 Sqdn.
Death:
January 9, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 181.
Additional information
Son of Frederick William and Mabel Cowan, of Minnedosa, Manitoba, Canada. King's Scout.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Robert John Alexander Cowan
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Inscription
Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Runnymede Memorial
September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Stone of Remembrance
Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Runnymede Memorial
Panels - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Entrance
Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of Robert (Bob) Cowan
Robert (Bob) Cowan of Minnedosa, Manitoba -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Family Photo
Freda, Robert (L) and Peter. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Robert John Alexander Cowan is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Robert John Alexander Cowan is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 149 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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