LONDON, ENGLAND. 1943-09-26. PORTRAIT OF 407666 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT ROBERT BARSON (BOB) COWPER DFC, ...

Place Europe: United Kingdom, England, Greater London, London
Accession Number UK0537
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

LONDON, ENGLAND. 1943-09-26. PORTRAIT OF 407666 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT ROBERT BARSON (BOB) COWPER DFC, 456 SQUADRON RAAF OF MALVERN, SA, ON A VISIT TO RAAF OVERSEAS HEADQUARTERS. IN FEBRUARY 1945 HE WAS AWARDED A BAR TO HIS DFC. LATER SQUADRON LEADER, COWPER WAS THE LAST COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE SQUADRON BEFORE IT WAS DISBANDED IN LATE 1945.