Wellington NC607 crashed at Kloosterhof, Maasniel (now part of Roermond).

Killed:  F/O Lowrie, F/O  Hill, F/O Turner and Sgt Ranger.

Prisoners-of-War:  F/O Booth and F/Sgt Broad.

                         Commonwealth War Graves Roermond                           
Kapel in ’t Zand Public Cemetery, Weg langs Het Kerkhof, Roermond

It is here that Flying-Officer John William Lowrie lies, aged 22,
(his grave beside the tree)

beside him his fellow-crew members

Flying-Officer G. Hill (aged 34)    and    Flying-Officer J. K. Turner (aged 23)

and Six RAF Comrades.

Sergeant W. E. Ranger (aged 22) is buried at Venray War Cemetery

	Here dead we lie Because we did not choose To live and shame the land From which we sprung. Life, to be sure, Is nothing much to lose, But young men think it is, And we were young. [A. E. Housman

John Lowrie | DFC | 103 Squadron | 140 Squadron | 69 Squadron | Roermond Grave | Friendship | Pilgrimage 1 | Pilgrimage 2