Dow, Thomas Roy Asquith

Date of birth:: 1914 (Fort William/Ontario, Canada)
Date of death:: April 4th, 1945
Buried on:: Commonwealth War Cemetery Berlin
Plot: 7. Row: L. Grave: 20.
Nationality:: Canadian

Biography

He was the youngest son of Thomas Dow and Mary Jane Dow. Roy Dow attended Queen''s University in Kingston, Ontario, after completing his studies he decided to visit the British Isles in 1938. Soon after he joined the RAF, training as a pilot. He met and married his English wife Peggy Scott in 1939. They met two days before Britain declared war and married Nov. 9, 1939. Roy flew the entire war until he was shot down over Berlin April 4, 1945. The Russians recovered his body, releasing it to the British Nov. 1945. Peggy never remarried. The family kept in touch with her until her death in 2002.

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Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Acting Squadron Leader
Unit:: No. 139 (Jamaica) Squadron, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:: February 16th, 1945

Recommendation dated 19 November 1944 when he had flown 31 sorties (117 hours 25 minutes) on Mosquito aircraft as follows: 10 July 44 Berlin (4.40) 5 Sept 44 Hannover (3.45) 14 July 44 Hannover (3.45) 7 Sept 44 Karlsruhe (4.05) 17 July 44 Berlin (4.15) 18 Sept 44 Berlin (4.40) 18 July 44 Cologne (2.35) 25 Sept 44 Mannheim (3.45) 28 July 44 Hamburg (4.15) 27 Sept 44 Kassel (3.35) 29 July 44 Frankfurt (3.30) 29 Sept 44 Karlsruhe (3.15) 6 Aug 44 Cologne (3.25) 1 Oct 44 Brunswick (3.50) 10 Aug 44 Berlin (4.25) 5 Oct 44 Kiel Canal (3.15) 12 Aug 44 Frankfurt (3.15) 6 Oct 44 Berlin (4.35) 13 Aug 44 Hannover (3.35) 9 Oct 44 Wilhelmshaven (3.15) 15 Aug 44 Berlin (4.25) 13 Oct 44 Cologne (2.50) 17 Aug 44 Mannheim (3.35) 15 Oct 44 Hamburg (3.50) 18 Aug 44 Cologne (3.30) 22 Oct 44 Hamburg (3.40) 22 Aug 44 Mannheim (3.40) 27 Oct 44 Berlin (4.25) 30 Aug 44 Frankfurt (3.55) 1 Nov 44 Berlin (5.00) 31 Aug 44 Dusseldorf (2.55)

"This officer completed an operational tour in Coastal Command in 1940 in Beaufort aircraft. He has now done 31 bomber sorties with this squadron, in the course of which he has always maintained a high standard of skilful and courageous flying. Though quiet in manner, his tenacity and aggressive spirit are much in evidence. Most of his sorties with this squadron have been in the responsible role of target marker, and his reliability in these duties in complete disregard for the opposition encountered has been a considerable contribution to the accurate bombing of the enemy."

Posthumously awarded