Captain Eldred Bowyer- Bower, right, was killed on a recce mission in 1917 over France in an RE8 bip (Image: )
At the controls was 22-year-old Captain Eldred Bowyer-Bower, of 59 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. As he passed Croisilles, Pas-de-Calais, six miles behind enemy lines, German fighters pounced and shot down his aircraft.
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