Service Details
Name:
 BOWDEN
Given Name:
 ROWAN REX
Initials:
 R R
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 5 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1962-02-19
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Date of Birth:
 1935-09-27
Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, AT-6 Harvard #7040, wing came off during roll recovery and crashed next to Louis Botha Airfield in Durban
Additional
Information:
Born Durban. Next of kin, lived at Lothian Court, 10th Ave, Durban. ref. 85 years of SAAF.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 01 - Cremated at Pretoria - ashes scattered by 5 Sqdn at Louis Botha Airfield, Durban

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