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Military service
Service number:
J/85938
Age:
24
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
418 Sqdn.
Death:
July 23, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
52. H. 5.
Additional information
Son of Charles Lionel and Blanche Loraine Bowhay, of Three Hills, Alberta.
Brother of Flight Lieutenant Samuel Leslie Bowhay who died on January 10, 1945, while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer William Edward Bowhay
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Photo of William Edward Bowhay
William Bowhay on right. Photo copyright: Glenbow Archives NA-3461-1 Reproduced with permission from the Glenbow Archives, website www.glenbow.org Submitted by Operation Picture Me -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Brookwood Military Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
Cross of Sacrifice - Brookwood Military Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Stone of Remembrance
Stone of Remembrance - Brookwood Military Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of WILLIAM EDWARD BOWHAY
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Edward Bowhay
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Edward Bowhay
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Edward Bowhay
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Edward Bowhay
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Edward Bowhay
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Edward Bowhay
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 255 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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