LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Jervis John OWEN
Service No: 422676
Born: Nowra NSW, 23 December 1914
Enlisted in the RAAF: 23 May 1942
Unit: No. 51 Operational Training Unit (RAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 51 Operational Training Unit Beaufighter aircraft X7597), Bedfordshire, 22 April 1944, Aged 29 Years
Buried: Cremated (Cambridge Crematorium)
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John W. Owen and Una Owen; husband of Margaret June Owen, of Brockenhurst, Hampshire
Roll of Honour: Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 128, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 21 January 1944, Flying Officer Owen was injured in the crash of Beaufighter R2139 in which Flight Lieutenant Douglas Henry Frederick Pitt (408023) was killed.
On 22 April 1944, Beaufighter X7597 from RAF Station Cranfield crashed at 0015 hours at Westoning, Bedfordshire. The aircraft spun in and both the crew members were killed.
The crew members of X7597 were:
Flying Officer Jervis John Owen (422676) (Navigator)
Flying Officer Stuart William Legge Richins (421507) (Pilot)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/31/140