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Military service
Service number:
J/20831
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
420 Sqdn.
Death:
August 17, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 10, Column 2.
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Dowds of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Brother of Sergeant Albert Kenneth, RCAF and Lieutenant Chris Dowds, Canadian Army. Uncle of Lieutenat Brian Herbert Dowds, who died in a training exercise, #1 Flight Training School.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Herbert Joseph Dowds
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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. -
Photo of HERBERT JOSEPH DOWDS
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Group Photo
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Document
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Casualty Notification Form
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Group Photo
Herb Dowds -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Herbert Joseph Dowds is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Herbert Joseph Dowds is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Herbert Joseph Dowds
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Herbert Joseph Dowds
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Herbert Joseph Dowds
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Herbert Joseph Dowds
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Herbert Joseph Dowds
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Herbert Joseph Dowds
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Herbert Joseph Dowds
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Herbert Joseph Dowds
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Herbert Joseph Dowds
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 154 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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