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Military service
Service number:
J/88199
Age:
19
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
619 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
February 25, 1925
Kingston, Ontario
Enlistment:
October 29, 1942
Ottawa, Ontario
Death:
June 22, 1944
Overseas, Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IVa. F. 17.
Additional information
Son of Ernest and Helena Bowering, of Kingston, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer John Ernest Ralph Bowering
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Cemetery
View of Plot 3 … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Cross of Sacrifice located in Plots 4 and 4A … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Entrance
Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Photo of grave marker courtesy of Ewan Van Minnebruggen P/O Bowering was killed when Lancaster ME 846 was lost as the crew returned from a raid to Wesseling, Germany, The aircraft was lost on its first key operation and had a total of 8 recorded hours. They Shall Grow Not Old Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum Memorial Book -
Photo of John Bowering
RCAF photo of Air Gunner Bowering -
RCAF Identification card
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Document
Account of crash and names of crew members. Air Gunner Bowering was the only Canadian member of crew. -
Letter
Letter to mother re burial of son's body after crash. -
Memorial
Pilot Officer John Ernest Ralph Bowering is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer John Ernest Ralph Bowering 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 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Kingston Whig-Standard. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Ernest Ralph Bowering
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Ernest Ralph Bowering
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Ernest Ralph Bowering
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Ernest Ralph Bowering
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Ernest Ralph Bowering
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Ernest Ralph Bowering
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Ernest Ralph Bowering
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Ernest Ralph Bowering
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Ernest Ralph Bowering
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 255 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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