James Lindis Cowie
Born 10 Aug 1921 - Died 22 Nov 1943
- Service number
- WWII NZ42322 AWMM
- WWII 42322 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Air Force AWMM
- Last rank
- Flight Sergeant/Military AWMM Royal Air Force, No. 75 (NZ) Squadron AWMM
- War
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- James Lindis AWMM
- Surname
- Cowie AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWII NZ42322 AWMM
- WWII 42322 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 10 Aug 1921 RNZAF Biographies (R17845609)
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
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- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- WW2 Mrs Ada Cowie (mother), Lindis Valley, Otago, New Zealand AWMM
- WW2 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. J. T. Cowie of Cromwell AWMM
- Relationship status
- Single/WWII AWMM
- Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
- Campaign
- Europe (Air) AWMM
- Europe (Air) AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Air Force AWMM
- Service number
- WWII NZ42322 AWMM
- WWII 42322 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
- Royal Air Force, No. 75 (NZ) Squadron AWMM
Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
- British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 3 Wireless School, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada AWMM
Course 1: Class 41 SQ. Graduation Date: 23/11/1942. AWMM - British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 5 Bombing and Gunnery School, Dafoe, Saskatchewan, Canada AWMM
- British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 3 Wireless School, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada AWMM
- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
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- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW2 Vessel was Athlone Castle AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
Killed on air operations AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- Flight Sergeant/Military AWMM
Royal Air Force, No. 75 (NZ) Squadron AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- James Cowie was the son of John Thomas Cowie and Ada Frances Annie Cowie, of Lindis Valley, Otago, New Zealand.
This crew was among the last of 75 squadron crews reported missing from operations over Berlin. In 1998 Adriaan de Winter and Ton van Alphen undertook a project in the Reichswald Forest Cemetery photographing all the headstones of New Zealanders buried there.
Attended Ardgour School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845609)) AWMM - James Lindis Cowie was born on 10 August 1921 at Cromwell Hospital, Central Otago and was named after his uncle James Cowie, his father's brother and the local area of Lindis Crossing.Public - Marie G - Other Relative - 3 May 2015 - Family papers
- James Cowie was the son of John Thomas Cowie and Ada Frances Annie Cowie, of Lindis Valley, Otago, New Zealand.
About death
- Death
- 22 Nov 1943 AWMM
Age 22 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany AWMM 27 A AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Tarras War Memorial Community Centre, State Highway 8, Tarras, Otago AWMM
Sources
- External links
- Air Force casualties. Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 4, 6 January 1944, Page 4
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19440106.2.26&srpos
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2035858
Sources Used - RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Co - Dy. Archives New Zealand (R17845609)
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845609
Sources Used - https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/218180Public - Antonio - Researcher - 23 November 2022 - web research
- http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56033515Public - mitch - Researcher - 16 February 2015 - Memorial on findagrave.
- Air Force casualties. Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 4, 6 January 1944, Page 4
- References
- Chorley, W. (1996). Royal Air Force Bomber Command losses of the Second World War: Aircraft and crew losses 1943 (Vol. 4). Leicester, England: Midland Counties Publications.
- Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
- This record is a work in progress and was partially compiled from the “Database of New Zealand Airmen who took part in Advanced Air Training in Canada during WW2”. Researched by Ivan and Lorna Lindsey of Tauranga. N.Z. 2003 – 2012. Reproduced with permission.
- RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Co - Dy. Archives New Zealand (R17845609) - Former archives reference: AIR118
- List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. [Missing - But Presumed Dead on Lapse of Time - Officers, Airmen]. Archives New Zealand (R17845743)
- Please note that the 11 volumes of the "RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939-1945" held at Archives NZ (formerly known as AIR118) should be used in conjunction with Errol Martyn's "For Your Tomorrow". FYT reflects detailed examination of all of the AIR118 bios which contain many inaccuracies and omissions.
- List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - Embarkation Lists, November 1940 - July 1942. Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R17845762).
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