Identity
Person No.
31415
Service No.
438
Last Name
First Name
Owen
Initials
O
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
24
Military Service
Rank
Warrant Officer Class I
Unit
Secondary Unit
Army
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Died in Military Aircraft Accident, in Spitfire Mk 22 #PK 344 at Beauvais, France near Pard
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Coordinates
Additional Information
Notes
Owen was one of the Rhodesian Air Force Pilots assigned to the ferrying of new Spitfires from England to Rhodesia in 1951. By a cruel stroke of fate his aircraft developed some failure while flying over France and crashed. Owen is buried alongside Royce. ref. "Pride of Eagles" - History of the Rhodesian Air Force 1920 - 1980 by B. Salt
Citation
LG Sup 20 April 1945 pg. 2103
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project