Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.) 655212 Harry Lowe
Regiment: Royal Air Force
Theatre of War: Swineshead, Lincolnshire
Age at death: 25
Date of death: 26th of January 1943
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: Parr, St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Parr (St Peters) Churchyard
Family details:
Son of Thomas and Jane Lowe, of St. Helens.
Census details:
1939 Register. Unfortunately Harry is redacted. Father Thomas Lowe born 25/03/1884 a Joiner & Property Repairer, mother Jane Lowe born 07/12/1884 an Unpaid Domestic and sister Ruth Frodsham (Lowe) born 21/06/1914 a Costings Clerk are living at 84 Broad Oak Road, Parr, St Helens.
Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=14]Remembered On Parr St Peters War Memorial.[/url] [url=lmem.php?lmem=38]Remembered on the St Helens Corporation Transport Memorial[/url]
[url=lmem.php?lmem=14]Remembered On Parr St Peters War Memorial.[/url] [url=lmem.php?lmem=38]Remembered on the St Helens Corporation Transport Memorial[/url]
Wellington DV927 / 'F' of 3 (C)OTU (operational training unit).
The Wellington was seen to take evasive action but then crashed into the ground at Swineshead, near Boston in Lincolnshire. All seven on board were killed, including the Sgt Harry Lowe. No details of any follow-up investigation or burials were noted in the ORB (AIR 29/705), but the entry speculates that a failure occurred in the aircraft due to the violent manouvers.
3 Operational Training Unit was a Training unit of RAF Costal Command formed in 1940.
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[caption]The headstone of Sergeant Harry Lowe at Parr St Peters Churchyard
(Photo courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption]
