DAMBUSTERS Gowrie, Chester Bruce

[John Robertson]

• 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 ​

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