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Flight Lieutenant JAMES COWAN

Service Number: 411861
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Date of Death

Died 12 March 1943

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NEWARK-UPON-TRENT CEMETERY

Sec. P. Grave 308.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Additional Info Son of James Cowan and of Lily Cowan (nee Vickers), of Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.
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Buried or commemorated at

NEWARK-UPON-TRENT CEMETERY
Nottinghamshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 543
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