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1068173

Sergeant (Air Gunner)

Wilfred John

Cowell

27

British

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

115 Squadron RAF (Marham)

30th August 1941

Martlesham Heath

Shot down by enemy aircraft

Wardley (St. Marys) Roman Catholic Cemetery

Section O. Grave 719.

At 20:14hrs on 29th August 1941 his Wellington Bomber X.9826 KO-D lifted from RAF Marham for a raid on Manheim. On its return it was shot down by an intruder and crashed at 02:12hrs on the 30th August 1941 near Martlesham Heath.

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