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Military service
Service number:
J/28154
Age:
28
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
407 Sqdn.
Death:
May 31, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
59. B. 7.
Additional information
Son of Patrick Dennis and Olive Annette Bowlen, of Toronto, Ontario. Graduate of Toronto University, 1939; President of the student body; admitted to the Bar in absentia.
Digital gallery of Flight Lieutenant William Michael Bowlen
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Newspaper Clipping
Source: Globe and Mail June 6, 1945 -
Photo of William Michael Bowlen
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of William Michael Bowlen
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Newspaper clipping
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted of the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Group Photo
Group photo of Delta Upsilon Fraternity members shows Bowlen in front row, photo right. From Torontonensis, University of Toronto yearbook, 1939. -
Group Photo
Group photo shows Bowlen (front row, second from photo left) as president of his college's literary and athletic society. From Torontonensis, University of Toronto yearbook, 1939. -
Group Photo
Group photo of Torontonensis staff shows Bowlen in second row, photo left. From Torontonensis, University of Toronto yearbook, 1939. -
Biography
Entry from Torontonensis, University of Toronto yearbook, 1939. Bowlen graduated from University College with a Bachelor's of Arts degree. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant William Michael Bowlen
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant William Michael Bowlen
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant William Michael Bowlen
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant William Michael Bowlen
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant William Michael Bowlen
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant William Michael Bowlen
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant William Michael Bowlen
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant William Michael Bowlen
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant William Michael Bowlen
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 497 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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