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Husband of Pearl Cranstoun Rowe. Son of Alfred Rowe and Agnes Nailson Rowe. Brother of Edward and Mary Louise of Toronto Ontario. He was also awarded Air Crew Europe with France and Germany Bar, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal - With Overseas Bar and Bomber Command Bar and Operational Wings.
History Chronicle RAF F/LT A.G. Rowe DFC
The Last Mission of RAF Lancaster KB834 of RAF 434 Squadron
1939-1945 Star, Air Crew Europe Star With France and Germany Bar, Defence Medal,
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal With Overseas Clasp and Bomber Command Bar, War Medal 1939-1945, Operational Wings, Memorial Cross GRVI
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Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Navigator Alfred George Rowe
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Navigator Alfred George Rowe
The Story of RAF F/LT Navigator George Rowe's Final Mission In RAF Lancaster KB834 Can Be Found In Author Ian Darling's New Book Release Published By Dundurn Press "Amazing Airmen - Canadian Flyers In The Second World War" Chapter 14 Is Titled "The Long Fall".
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Flight Lieutenant Navigator Alfred George Rowe
An RAF Lancaster Navigator Seated At His Chart Table Just Behind The Pilot.
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Navigator Alfred George Rowe
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Navigator Alfred George Rowe
F/O J. R. Latremouille, F/LT A.G. Rowe DFC, F/O T.D. Copeland. Photograph Taken By Veterans Affairs Canada May 2015 During Filming Of The 70th Anniversary Of VE Day Ceremonies.
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Flight Lieutenant Navigator Alfred George Rowe
Here In This First Row At Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Near Kleve Germany Are The 6 RAF Airmen Of RAF Lancaster KB834. Photograph Taken By Veterans Affairs Canada May 2015.
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Flight Lieutenant Navigator Alfred George Rowe
RAF F/LT Navigator Alfred George Rowe While Serving In RAF 432 Squadron Based At RAF Station Skipton-on-Swale Was Awarded The DFC Distinguished Flying Cross Medal 6th August 1943 While Serving As An RAF Navigator Aboard RAF Wellington Bombers.
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Flight Lieutenant Navigator Alfred George Rowe
An RAF Lancaster Aircrew Prepares To Leave On Another Mission From An RAF Airfield
Base In England.
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Navigator Alfred George Rowe
F/LT Navigator George Rowe Trained At Canadian Forces Base Trenton Before Transferring Overseas To England To Serve In The RAF. Pictured Here At CFB Trenton's National Air Force Museum Of Canada In Trenton Ontario Is The Brilliantly Restored RAF Halifax NA337 With RCAF Veterans & The Restoration Team. Halifax NA337 Is One Of Only Two Surviving Fully Restored WWII RAF Halifax's Left In The World Today The Other Being RAF Halifax HR792 On Display At The Yorkshire Air Museum In Elvington York England.
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Flight Lieutenant Navigator Alfred George Rowe
At An RAF Station In England An RAF Ground Crew Prepares An RAF Halifax For It's Next Operation.
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Flight Lieutenant Navigator Alfred George Rowe
Pictured Here At The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum In Mount Hope Ontario. One Of Only Two Flying Lancaster's Left In The World Today The Other Being RAF Lancaster PA474 On Display At Royal Air Force Base Coningsby In Lincolnshire England.
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Navigator Alfred George Rowe
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Navigator Alfred George Rowe
Before Enlisting In The RCAF F/LT A.G. Rowe DFC Was An Employee Of The Bank Of Nova Scotia College & Bathurst Branch In Toronto Ontario. On
October 13/1946 F/LT A.G. Rowe Was Remembered On The Bank Of Nova Scotia's Roll Of Honour List. In 1995 Scotiabank Produced This Memorable Commemorative Poster To Mark The 50th Anniversary Of The End Of The Second World War.
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Flight Lieutenant Navigator Alfred George Rowe
F/LT A.G. Rowe DFC Is Commemorated Along With The 4 RCAF Members Of His Aircrew On Canada's Bomber Command Memorial At The Bomber Command Museum Of Canada In Nanton Alberta.
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Flight Lieutenant Navigator Alfred George Rowe
RAF F/LT Navigator George Rowe DFC Bravely Flew On At Least 42 RAF Missions On RAF Wellington Halifax And Lancaster Aircraft Through Two Tours Of Duty During WWII. Illustrated Here On A Night Mission RAF Lancaster's Fly Through The Ever Present And Deadly Search Lights Flak And Enemy Fighters To Attack Their Target In Germany.
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Flight Lieutenant Navigator Alfred George Rowe
In Total 10,659 RCAF Airmen Served And Gave Their Lives During WWII. They Fought For Us And A Better World Never Forget Them.
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Flight Lieutenant Navigator Alfred George Rowe
The Fern Crew L to R: P/O William Jones RAF, F/LT George Rowe DFC, F/O Thomas Copeland, F/LT John Fern, F/O Joe Latremouille, F/O Ben Marceau, (Absent) F/O Gibson Scott.
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From 434 Commanding Squadron Leader Pictured John C. Mulvihill To F/LT A.G. Rowe's Wife 10th April 1945 Confirming RCAF Airman Missing On Operations 11th March 1945.
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Flight Lieutenant Navigator Alfred George Rowe
From the Toronto Star August 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Navigator Alfred George Rowe
From the Toronto Star August 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Flight Lieutenant Navigator Alfred George Rowe
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Flight Lieutenant Navigator Alfred George Rowe
From the Toronto Star April 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Flight Lieutenant Navigator Alfred George Rowe
From the Toronto Star April 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Flight Lieutenant Navigator Alfred George Rowe
The Book of Remembrance is a hand-lettered and illuminated book in which the names of all officers of The Bank of Nova Scotia are inscribed (including the amalgamated banks - The Bank of Ottawa and The Bank of New Brunswick) who died in The Great War (World War I) and World War II.
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Flight Lieutenant Navigator Alfred George Rowe
From the Toronto Telegram November 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Flight Lieutenant Navigator Alfred George Rowe
From the Toronto Telegram March 1944........Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
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Flight Lieutenant Navigator Alfred George Rowe
From the Toronto Telegram August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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The Story of RAF F/LT Navigator George Rowe's Final Mission In RAF Lancaster KB834 Can Be Found In Author Ian Darling's New Book Release Published By Dundurn Press "Amazing Airmen - Canadian Flyers In The Second World War" Chapter 14 Is Titled "The Long Fall".
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An RAF Lancaster Navigator Seated At His Chart Table Just Behind The Pilot.
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F/O J. R. Latremouille, F/LT A.G. Rowe DFC, F/O T.D. Copeland. Photograph Taken By Veterans Affairs Canada May 2015 During Filming Of The 70th Anniversary Of VE Day Ceremonies.
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Here In This First Row At Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Near Kleve Germany Are The 6 RAF Airmen Of RAF Lancaster KB834. Photograph Taken By Veterans Affairs Canada May 2015.
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RAF F/LT Navigator Alfred George Rowe While Serving In RAF 432 Squadron Based At RAF Station Skipton-on-Swale Was Awarded The DFC Distinguished Flying Cross Medal 6th August 1943 While Serving As An RAF Navigator Aboard RAF Wellington Bombers.
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An RAF Lancaster Aircrew Prepares To Leave On Another Mission From An RAF Airfield Base In England.
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F/LT Navigator George Rowe Trained At Canadian Forces Base Trenton Before Transferring Overseas To England To Serve In The RAF. Pictured Here At CFB Trenton's National Air Force Museum Of Canada In Trenton Ontario Is The Brilliantly Restored RAF Halifax NA337 With RCAF Veterans & The Restoration Team. Halifax NA337 Is One Of Only Two Surviving Fully Restored WWII RAF Halifax's Left In The World Today The Other Being RAF Halifax HR792 On Display At The Yorkshire Air Museum In Elvington York England.
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At An RAF Station In England An RAF Ground Crew Prepares An RAF Halifax For It's Next Operation.
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Pictured Here At The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum In Mount Hope Ontario. One Of Only Two Flying Lancaster's Left In The World Today The Other Being RAF Lancaster PA474 On Display At Royal Air Force Base Coningsby In Lincolnshire England.
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Before Enlisting In The RCAF F/LT A.G. Rowe DFC Was An Employee Of The Bank Of Nova Scotia College & Bathurst Branch In Toronto Ontario. On October 13/1946 F/LT A.G. Rowe Was Remembered On The Bank Of Nova Scotia's Roll Of Honour List. In 1995 Scotiabank Produced This Memorable Commemorative Poster To Mark The 50th Anniversary Of The End Of The Second World War.
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F/LT A.G. Rowe DFC Is Commemorated Along With The 4 RCAF Members Of His Aircrew On Canada's Bomber Command Memorial At The Bomber Command Museum Of Canada In Nanton Alberta.
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RAF F/LT Navigator George Rowe DFC Bravely Flew On At Least 42 RAF Missions On RAF Wellington Halifax And Lancaster Aircraft Through Two Tours Of Duty During WWII. Illustrated Here On A Night Mission RAF Lancaster's Fly Through The Ever Present And Deadly Search Lights Flak And Enemy Fighters To Attack Their Target In Germany.
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In Total 10,659 RCAF Airmen Served And Gave Their Lives During WWII. They Fought For Us And A Better World Never Forget Them.
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The Fern Crew L to R: P/O William Jones RAF, F/LT George Rowe DFC, F/O Thomas Copeland, F/LT John Fern, F/O Joe Latremouille, F/O Ben Marceau, (Absent) F/O Gibson Scott.
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From 434 Commanding Squadron Leader Pictured John C. Mulvihill To F/LT A.G. Rowe's Wife 10th April 1945 Confirming RCAF Airman Missing On Operations 11th March 1945.
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From the Toronto Star August 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star August 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star April 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star April 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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The Book of Remembrance is a hand-lettered and illuminated book in which the names of all officers of The Bank of Nova Scotia are inscribed (including the amalgamated banks - The Bank of Ottawa and The Bank of New Brunswick) who died in The Great War (World War I) and World War II.
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From the Toronto Telegram November 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram March 1944........Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
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From the Toronto Telegram August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 560 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY Germany
The REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY is located 5 km south west of Kleve. From Kleve the cemetery is located, using the Hoffmannallee from the Town Centre, which becomes the Materbornerallee. This road enters Reichswald Forest and becomes the Grunewaldstrasse. Follow direction Gennep, entering Reichswald Forest the cemetery is situated 500 metres on the left.
Alternatively from the motorway 57, take exit Kleve/Goch, which leads onto the 9 N road in the direction towards Kleve. After 3 km turn left on to the 504 direction Kranenburg. Reichswald cemetery is clearly signposted on the 504 at cross roads Grunewald. REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY is situated on the Grunewald Strasse direction Kleve on the right, 3 km from cross roads Grunewald.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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