DAMBUSTERS Gowrie, Chester Bruce

John Robertson

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Staff member
  • SURNAME
Gowrie
  • FORENAME
Chester Bruce
  • UNIT
617 Squadron,R.C.A.F.
  • RANK
Warrant Officer Second Class
  • NUMBER
R/93201
  • DATE OF DEATH
20th December 1943
  • AGE
28
  • GRAVESITE
Gosselies Communal Cemetery,Belgium Row 2 Grave 13
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Tramping Lake,Saskatchewan,Canada
born 14.4.1918 Scott,Saskatchewan,Canada
son of Malcolm Alvery and Phyllis Gowrie,Tramping Lake,Saskatchewan,Canada
postal clerk in civilian life
enlisted 13.2.1941 Toronto,Ontario
RCAF 1941
Ontario March 1941
617 Squadron March 1943
Flight Sgt 22.6.1943
w.op/air gunner
Lancaster DV398
Liege,Belgium (armaments works)
hit by flak and broke up over Merbes-le-Chateau,Hainaut,Belgium
reported by Red Cross as shot by Germans
 

DATE OF DEATH:

20-Dec-1943
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