Memoirs of Squadron Leader H.N. (Bill) Fowler, M.C., R.A.F. : born 8th June, 1916, killed 26th March, 1944
- Bib ID:
- 7084423
- Format:
- Book
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. SR 679 copy
- Description:
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- [England] : Maxwell Fowler, [1945?]
- 80 pages, 5 plates : illustration, portraits ; 21 cm
- Summary:
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A privately printed memoir of this British-Australian fighter pilot, edited by his father, Maxwell Thomas Bourne Fowler (also known as Bill), from his journals, letters and official reports.
- Biography/History:
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Born in June 1916 in London, Hedley Nevile 'Bill' Fowler was the son of Commander Maxwell Thomas Bourne Fowler, a Paymaster in the Royal Navy, and his South Australian wife, Florence Ayers. The Fowlers moved back and forth between Britain and Adelaide during Bill Fowler's childhood and adolescence. After studying mechanical engineering at the University of Adelaide, he enlisted with the Royal Australian Air Force in January 1936. Fowler won the Mannock Cup for the best flyer of his course. He transferred on a short term commission to the Royal Air Force in February the following year as a Pilot Officer and was an experienced pilot by the time war broke out. On 15 May 1940, Fowler was shot down and after breaking out of the Stalag Luft I internment camp, was transferred to Oflag IV C at Colditz Castle. In September 1942 he successfully escaped from Colditz (one of only about 30 men to do so); for this he was awarded the MC. On 26 March 1944, he was killed on active service, testing a new Hawker Typhoon; he was 27 years old. --Based on the Australian War Memorial website.
- Notes:
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- National Library's SR copy is inscribed and signed by the editor in pencil on the initial blank page: "Fay & Keith [Angas], with love from the Bill Fowlers".
- SR 679 copy Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3031106040
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Fowler, Maxwell Thomas Bourne, 1875-1954, editor
- Copyright:
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Out of Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1954
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1945
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