Cowan, George Hamilton
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | George Hamilton |
Surname | Cowan |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 15-06-1945 |
Next of Kin |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | PB344 |
Markings | LE-R |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 266. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 24 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 195174 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 630 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to former Main Guardroom, LAHC, East Kirkby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Memorial Stone, Memorial Plaques & Metal Sculpture |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who gave their lives with 57 Sqn & 630 Sqns 1939 - 1945 |
Location | The Chapel, Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, East Kirkby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Wooden RoH |
Memorial Text | In proud memory of the men of No 630 Sqn who lost their lives operating from RAF East Kirkby 1943 to 1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 15-06-1945 |
End Date | 15-06-1945 |
Takeoff Station | East Kirkby |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Bomb disposal |
Reason for Loss | Tasked with dumping unused incendiaries in the North Sea, contact was lost with the aircraft. A later search found some wreckage 105 miles off Flamborough Head |