In Memory Of

LOVE, OWEN

Service Details
Age:
 24
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 438
Rank:
 Warrant Officer Class I
Unit:
 1 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 Southern Rhodesian Auxillary Air Force
Date of Death:
 1951-12-07
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Spitfire Mk 22 #PK 344, at Beauvais, France near Pard
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 STE. MARGUERITE-DES-LOGES CHURCHYARD
Localitly:
 Calvados
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Owen was one of the Rhodesian Air Force Pilots assigned to the ferrying of new Spitfires from England to Rhodesia in 1951. By a cruel stroke of fate his aircraft developed some failure while flying over France and crashed. Owen is buried alongside Royce. ref. "Pride of Eagles" - History of the Rhodesian Air Force 1920 - 1980 by B. Salt