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Military service
Service number:
R/93201
Age:
28
Rank:
W.O.II W.Op./Air Gnr.
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
617 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
December 20, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Row 2. Grave 13.
Additional information
Son of Malcolm Alvery Gowrie and Phyllis Gowrie, of Tramping Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Digital gallery of W.O.II W.Op./Air Gnr. Chester Bruce Gowrie
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Squadron Badge
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Grave marker
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Group photo
Chester Gowrie is the second on the right (front row). These are the surviving Canadian members of the Dambuster Raid of May 17, 1943 (RAF 617 squadron). -
Photo of Chester Bruce Gowrie
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Chester Bruce Gowrie
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Document
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
WI II W Op/Air Gunner Chester Bruce Gowrie is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
WI II W Op/Air Gunner Chester Bruce Gowrie is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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W.O.II W.Op./Air Gnr. Chester Bruce Gowrie
Digital gallery of
W.O.II W.Op./Air Gnr. Chester Bruce Gowrie
Digital gallery of
W.O.II W.Op./Air Gnr. Chester Bruce Gowrie
Digital gallery of
W.O.II W.Op./Air Gnr. Chester Bruce Gowrie
Digital gallery of
W.O.II W.Op./Air Gnr. Chester Bruce Gowrie
Digital gallery of
W.O.II W.Op./Air Gnr. Chester Bruce Gowrie
Digital gallery of
W.O.II W.Op./Air Gnr. Chester Bruce Gowrie
Digital gallery of
W.O.II W.Op./Air Gnr. Chester Bruce Gowrie
Digital gallery of
W.O.II W.Op./Air Gnr. Chester Bruce Gowrie
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 164 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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