LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Norman Ware MOWAT
Service No: 404359
Born: Brisbane QLD, 14 May 1914
Enlisted in the RAAF: 16 August 1940
Unit: No. 57 Operational Training Unit (RAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 57 Operational Training Unit Spitfire aircraft X4843), Wales, 26 September 1941, Aged 27 Years
Buried: Llanbeblig Public Cemetery, Caernarvon, Wales
CWGC Additional Information: Son of George Isbister and Vera March Mowat, of Wooloowin, Queensland, Australia. A.I.C.A., A.F.I.A.
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 127, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 26 September 1941, Spitfire X4843 was detailed to carry out a solo exercise in cloud flying in an area between Cheater and Wrexham. The aircraft stayed from the cloud flying area to the extent of 50 miles westward and it crashed when it hit Mount Arran in North Wales at a height of about 2,000 feet. Sergeant Mowat was killed. The weather and poor visibility may have been contributory factors to the crash. There was no evidence of radio failure, and the compass had not been checked for two months but this was not considered a contributory factor.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/145/142