Wing Cmdr Fulwar Rupert Craven FOWLE DFC [20618]
- Born: 1912, Cape Town SA
- Marriage (1): Damaris Primrose Lena DARE [20598] in Mar 1943 in Honiton DEV
- Died: 2000, Cape Town SA aged 88
 General Notes:
The undermentioned Flying Officer is promoted to the rank of Flight Lieutenant
18th June 1940.
Fulwar Rupert Craven FOWLE .(37526).
THE LONDON GAZETTE, 8 OCTOBER, 1940
On the night of 29th / 30th May 1943 the crew of this 102 Squadron aircraft took off from Pocklington airfield at 22.30hrs to undertake an operational flight to bomb Wuppertal. During the course of the flight the aircraft received minor flak damage to the fuselage. Despite the damage the crew were able to bring the aircraft safely back to base and landed at Pocklington airfield at 04.15hrs.
Pilot - S/Ldr Fulwar Rupert Craven Fowle RAF (37526).
Navigator - Sgt Sidney Whittingham RAFVR (658231).
Wireless Operator - Sgt George F C Marsh RAFVR (1292568).
Air Gunner - P/O W J C Seeley.
Air Gunner - Sgt Kenneth Wilfred Cardinar Vear RAFVR (1317461).
Flight Engineer - Sgt William Moses John Savell RAFVR (1232927).
Bomb Aimer - Sgt D Copeland.
http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york43/jd150b.html
SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, n FEBRUARY, 1944
Distinguished Flying Cross.
Wing Commander Fulwar Rupert Craven FOWLE
(37526), Royal Air Force, No. 102 Squadron
Wing Commander Fulwar Fowle was acting Resident Commissioner of Malacca in 1954.
The Straits Times 7 Sept 1954 pg 12. shows a picture of Fulwar cutting a ribbon to open the Malacca Trade Fair, as Acting Resident Commissioner.
Research Notes:
Image courtesy of Richard Barclay Family Tree Ancestry - 2020
Other Records
1. Fowle = Dare: Marriage, 1943, Honiton Devon.
2. Wing Commander Fulwar Rupert Craven Fowle DFC, 1954, Malacca.
Wing Commander Fulwar Fowle was acting Resident Commissioner of Malacca in 1954.
The Straits Times 7 Sept 1954 pg 12. shows a picture of Fulwar cutting a ribbon to open the Malacca Trade Fair, as Acting Resident Commissioner.
Fulwar married Damaris Primrose Lena DARE [20598] [MRIN: 7395], daughter of Alfred Julius DARE [1446] and Viola Netta Mary BARCLAY [15529], in Mar 1943 in Honiton DEV. (Damaris Primrose Lena DARE [20598] was born on 19 Apr 1918 in Dorchester WIL and died on 9 Jul 2008 in Durban SA.)
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