Date of birth:

June 4th, 1915 (Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales)

Date of death:

July 8th, 1941 (Houthem/Limburg, the Netherlands)

Buried on:

Commonwealth War Cemetery Jonkerbos
Plot: 20. Row: G. Grave: 5.

Service number:

754046

Nationality:

British

Sergeant, co-pilot Handley Page Hampden, RAF Volunteer Reserve, son of John & Gwenllian Owens from Llwyncelyn, Porth, Glamorgan (Wales).

Killed during a mission to Mönchengladbach. His aircraft, registration AD-937, took off from Hemswell (Lincolnshire) at 23:00, together with three other Hampdens from RAF 61 Squadron, with a crew of four on board. On the way back over the Netherlands, it was attacked by a German Messerschmidt Bf110 night fighter (Oberleutnant Reinhold Knacke of 2./NJG 1) and crashed at 1:17 a.m. in Houthem.

Three of the four crew members, including Glyndwr Owens, were killed. Only the pilot managed to save himself with his parachute and, although seriously injured, was taken prisoner of war. He survived the war.

The fallen crew members are buried at the Jonkerbos War Cemetery in Nijmegen. The inscription on Glyndwr's grave reads: “HYD DORIAD Y WAWR, TEIFI RHYS UNTIL THE BREAK OF DAWN. EIRWEN”.

A crucifix bearing his name has been placed at the crash site.

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