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Son of Alexander Benson Cowan and Frances Elinor Cowan, of Ottawa, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flight Lieutenant Henry Hugh Cowan
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Henry Hugh Cowan
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Henry Hugh Cowan
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Henry Hugh Cowan
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Henry Hugh Cowan
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Henry Hugh Cowan
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Henry Hugh Cowan
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Henry Hugh Cowan
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Henry Hugh Cowan
The Estevan Mercury Thursday, Sept. 19, 1946.<P>
Tribute to Airmen in Mass Funeral Service
BY KAY MACREADY<P>
Mass funeral services with full military honors were held in the drill hall at Estevan airport Wednesday afternoon for the 20 of 21 RCAF personnel who met their deaths in the crash of their Dakota transport plane at the airport Sunday morning just as other parts of the world were holding thanksgiving services in commemorating victory in the Battle of Britain. These airmen, many of whom wore decorations for valor, were killed in the line of duty just as the others who had given their lives in the defence of Britain. All Canada felt the loss in this second greatest air tragedy in Canadian aviation history, and Estevan, in particular, showed its feeling of sorrow by turning out in mass to mourn with those relatives who were able to be present.<P>
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Henry Hugh Cowan
The Estevan Mercury Thursday, Sept. 19, 1946.<P>
Tribute to Airmen in Mass Funeral Service
BY KAY MACREADY<P>
Mass funeral services with full military honors were held in the drill hall at Estevan airport Wednesday afternoon for the 20 of 21 RCAF personnel who met their deaths in the crash of their Dakota transport plane at the airport Sunday morning just as other parts of the world were holding thanksgiving services in commemorating victory in the Battle of Britain. These airmen, many of whom wore decorations for valor, were killed in the line of duty just as the others who had given their lives in the defence of Britain. All Canada felt the loss in this second greatest air tragedy in Canadian aviation history, and Estevan, in particular, showed its feeling of sorrow by turning out in mass to mourn with those relatives who were able to be present.<P>
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Henry Hugh Cowan
The Estevan Mercury Thursday, Sept. 19, 1946.<P>
Tribute to Airmen in Mass Funeral Service
BY KAY MACREADY<P>
Mass funeral services with full military honors were held in the drill hall at Estevan airport Wednesday afternoon for the 20 of 21 RCAF personnel who met their deaths in the crash of their Dakota transport plane at the airport Sunday morning just as other parts of the world were holding thanksgiving services in commemorating victory in the Battle of Britain. These airmen, many of whom wore decorations for valor, were killed in the line of duty just as the others who had given their lives in the defence of Britain. All Canada felt the loss in this second greatest air tragedy in Canadian aviation history, and Estevan, in particular, showed its feeling of sorrow by turning out in mass to mourn with those relatives who were able to be present.<P>
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Henry Hugh Cowan
The Estevan Mercury Thursday, Sept. 19, 1946.<P>
Tribute to Airmen in Mass Funeral Service
BY KAY MACREADY<P>
Mass funeral services with full military honors were held in the drill hall at Estevan airport Wednesday afternoon for the 20 of 21 RCAF personnel who met their deaths in the crash of their Dakota transport plane at the airport Sunday morning just as other parts of the world were holding thanksgiving services in commemorating victory in the Battle of Britain. These airmen, many of whom wore decorations for valor, were killed in the line of duty just as the others who had given their lives in the defence of Britain. All Canada felt the loss in this second greatest air tragedy in Canadian aviation history, and Estevan, in particular, showed its feeling of sorrow by turning out in mass to mourn with those relatives who were able to be present.<P>
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Henry Hugh Cowan
The Estevan Mercury Thursday, Sept. 19, 1946.<P>
Tribute to Airmen in Mass Funeral Service
BY KAY MACREADY<P>
Mass funeral services with full military honors were held in the drill hall at Estevan airport Wednesday afternoon for the 20 of 21 RCAF personnel who met their deaths in the crash of their Dakota transport plane at the airport Sunday morning just as other parts of the world were holding thanksgiving services in commemorating victory in the Battle of Britain. These airmen, many of whom wore decorations for valor, were killed in the line of duty just as the others who had given their lives in the defence of Britain. All Canada felt the loss in this second greatest air tragedy in Canadian aviation history, and Estevan, in particular, showed its feeling of sorrow by turning out in mass to mourn with those relatives who were able to be present.<P>
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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The Estevan Mercury Thursday, Sept. 19, 1946.<P> Tribute to Airmen in Mass Funeral Service BY KAY MACREADY<P> Mass funeral services with full military honors were held in the drill hall at Estevan airport Wednesday afternoon for the 20 of 21 RCAF personnel who met their deaths in the crash of their Dakota transport plane at the airport Sunday morning just as other parts of the world were holding thanksgiving services in commemorating victory in the Battle of Britain. These airmen, many of whom wore decorations for valor, were killed in the line of duty just as the others who had given their lives in the defence of Britain. All Canada felt the loss in this second greatest air tragedy in Canadian aviation history, and Estevan, in particular, showed its feeling of sorrow by turning out in mass to mourn with those relatives who were able to be present.<P> Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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The Estevan Mercury Thursday, Sept. 19, 1946.<P> Tribute to Airmen in Mass Funeral Service BY KAY MACREADY<P> Mass funeral services with full military honors were held in the drill hall at Estevan airport Wednesday afternoon for the 20 of 21 RCAF personnel who met their deaths in the crash of their Dakota transport plane at the airport Sunday morning just as other parts of the world were holding thanksgiving services in commemorating victory in the Battle of Britain. These airmen, many of whom wore decorations for valor, were killed in the line of duty just as the others who had given their lives in the defence of Britain. All Canada felt the loss in this second greatest air tragedy in Canadian aviation history, and Estevan, in particular, showed its feeling of sorrow by turning out in mass to mourn with those relatives who were able to be present.<P> Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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The Estevan Mercury Thursday, Sept. 19, 1946.<P> Tribute to Airmen in Mass Funeral Service BY KAY MACREADY<P> Mass funeral services with full military honors were held in the drill hall at Estevan airport Wednesday afternoon for the 20 of 21 RCAF personnel who met their deaths in the crash of their Dakota transport plane at the airport Sunday morning just as other parts of the world were holding thanksgiving services in commemorating victory in the Battle of Britain. These airmen, many of whom wore decorations for valor, were killed in the line of duty just as the others who had given their lives in the defence of Britain. All Canada felt the loss in this second greatest air tragedy in Canadian aviation history, and Estevan, in particular, showed its feeling of sorrow by turning out in mass to mourn with those relatives who were able to be present.<P> Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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The Estevan Mercury Thursday, Sept. 19, 1946.<P> Tribute to Airmen in Mass Funeral Service BY KAY MACREADY<P> Mass funeral services with full military honors were held in the drill hall at Estevan airport Wednesday afternoon for the 20 of 21 RCAF personnel who met their deaths in the crash of their Dakota transport plane at the airport Sunday morning just as other parts of the world were holding thanksgiving services in commemorating victory in the Battle of Britain. These airmen, many of whom wore decorations for valor, were killed in the line of duty just as the others who had given their lives in the defence of Britain. All Canada felt the loss in this second greatest air tragedy in Canadian aviation history, and Estevan, in particular, showed its feeling of sorrow by turning out in mass to mourn with those relatives who were able to be present.<P> Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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The Estevan Mercury Thursday, Sept. 19, 1946.<P> Tribute to Airmen in Mass Funeral Service BY KAY MACREADY<P> Mass funeral services with full military honors were held in the drill hall at Estevan airport Wednesday afternoon for the 20 of 21 RCAF personnel who met their deaths in the crash of their Dakota transport plane at the airport Sunday morning just as other parts of the world were holding thanksgiving services in commemorating victory in the Battle of Britain. These airmen, many of whom wore decorations for valor, were killed in the line of duty just as the others who had given their lives in the defence of Britain. All Canada felt the loss in this second greatest air tragedy in Canadian aviation history, and Estevan, in particular, showed its feeling of sorrow by turning out in mass to mourn with those relatives who were able to be present.<P> Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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Page 583 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY contains 98 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 113 from the Second World War. Many of the graves are in the two veterans plots, where there is also a Cross of Sacrifice dedicated to all service casualties buried in the cemetery.
The OTTAWA CREMATION MEMORIAL is in a shelter adjoining the newer of the veterans plots in the cemetery and commemorates 26 Second World War servicemen whose remains were cremated elsewhere in Canada and the U.S.A.
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