Roland Reginald (Chip) COWAN DFC

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Service Number:	425278
Enlisted:	17 March 1941
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	No. 467 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 21 August 1919
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Brisbane Grammar School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Insurance Clerk
Died:	Flying Battle, France, 25 June 1944, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Caloundra Shire of Landsborough WW2 Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Memorial, Spring Hill Brisbane Grammar School WW2 Great Hall Honour Board

17 Mar 1941:	Enlisted
1 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 425278, No. 467 Squadron (RAAF), Enlisted in Brisbane 1/2/1942. Postings: 3 ITS Sandgate 1/2/42 5 EFTS Narromine 25/6/42 2 Personnel Depot Bradfield Park 17/9/42 2 "M" Depot Brandon, Canada 24/10/42 15 Service Flying Training Unit Claresholm, Alberta, Canada 7/11/42 1 "Y" Depot Halifax, Canada, 16/3/43 11 Personnel Despatch and Reception Centre Bournemouth, UK 4/4/43 20 Pilots Advance Flying Unit Kidlington UK 2/6/43 27 OTU Lichfield UK 17/8/43 1661 Conversion Unit Winthorpe UK 20/11/43 51 Base HQ Swinderby UK 30/11/43 467 Squadron RAAF Waddington UK 18/2/44
1 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 425278
25 Jun 1944:	Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 425278, No. 467 Squadron (RAAF)
25 Jan 1946:	Honoured Distinguished Flying Cross, Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Flt/Lt. Roland ReginaLd Cowan was posthumously awarded the DFC for "Fortitude, courage and devotion on numerous operations." He was the pilot of 467 Squadron Lancaster Bomber PO-L (ND729) and was killed along with his six crew on 24/25th June on what would have been their 33rd operation attacking a V1 flying bomb site at Prouville, NW France. Roland Cowan has no known grave.

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