Robert Jackson Owen

In memoriam

R. J. OWEN PILOT ROYAL AIR FORCE 5TH APRIL 1944 AGE 27 EI EABERTH NID A HEIBIO EI WYNEB ANNWYL NID A'N ANGO. "CWSG A GWYN DY FYD" (Welsh inscription translates as: "HIS SACRIFICE WAS NOT IN VAIN/IN OUR HEARTS/HIS DEAR FACE REMAINS")

"Never was so much owed by so many to so few." (Winston Churchill) ROYAL AIR FORCE FLYING OFFICER 1939 - 1945 STAR WAR MEDAL 1939 - 1945 Information as listed in Allied Airmen Roll of Honour files, 1939 - 1945: Name: Robert Jackson Owen Rank: Flying Officer Death Age: 27 Birth Year: abt 1917 Death Date: 5 Apr 1944 Military Base: Berka III, Libya Service #73325 Unit: 227 Squadron Command: Mediterranean Ship: Beaufighter Vic Occupation: Pilot Casualty: Killed in action Residence Place: Caernarfonshire Burial Place: Phaleron War Cemetery, Greece Notes: Hit the Mast During an Attack on A Caique and Flew Into A Hillside At Katakolo Near Pyrgos "These heroes are dead. They died for liberty - they died for us. They are at rest. They may or may not sleep in the land they made free, under the flag they rendered stainless, under the solemn pines, the sad hemlocks, the tearful willows, and the embracing vines. They sleep beneath the shadows of the clouds, careless alike of sunshine or of storm, each in the windowless Place of Rest. Earth may run red with other wars - they are at peace. In the midst of battle, in the roar of conflict, they found the serenity of death. I have one sentiment for soldiers living and dead: cheers for the living; tears for the dead." ~Robert G. Ingersoll

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