Robert William Douglas Cowper

Flying Officer

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Arthur Edwin and Clara Alice Luxford Cowper, of Wanganui.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

The Harvard crewed by Robert Cowper and Derek Lippitt was involved in a mid-air collision, at Blenheim, with another of the school’s Harvard’s which was coming in to land. It was believed that their plane was flying toward the sun, and they could not see the landing pilot in time to take avoiding action. The other pilot, LAC R. Nairn, successfully landed his damaged aircraft. [For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Vol. 1 p.207]

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Casualty

Service Number:

39903

Name:

Robert William Douglas Cowper

Rank:

Flying Officer

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Air Accident

Date of Death:

26 May 1942

Day of Death:

Tuesday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Wanganui (Aramoho) Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

F. 13. 825.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand