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Capt David Richard Owen

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Birth	:	20 Sep 1945 Ponoka, Red Deer Census Division, Alberta, Canada
Death	:	3 Dec 1982 Alberta, Canada
Burial	:	Zion Christian Fellowship Cemetery, Ponoka, Red Deer Census Division, Canada
Coordinate	:	52.6681590, -113.3589940
Inscription	:	417 Squadron Escadrille RCAF OH, I HAVE SLIPPED THE SURLY BONDS OF EARTH, AND DANCED THE SKIES ON LAUGHTER-SILVERED WINGS; SUNWARD I'VE CLIMBED AND JOINED THE TUMBLING MIRTH
Description	:	While serving with 417 Tactical Fighter Operational Training Squadron in Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada, Captain D. R. OWEN was killed while flying on a formation proficiency mission in a CF-104 'Starfighter' aircraft; there was a mid-air collision with another CF-104. The aircraft went down at Siebert Lake, Alberta. The other pilot, Captain Lorenzo André TREMBLAY, also perished. From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-- Military Service:- Rank: Captain Trade: fighter pilot Service Number: 89412 Age: 37 Force: Air Force Unit: 417 Tactical Fighter Operational Training Squadron Citation: Canadian Forces Decoration (CD) Date and... Read More	While serving with 417 Tactical Fighter Operational Training Squadron in Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada, Captain D. R. OWEN was killed while flying on a formation proficiency mission in a CF-104 'Starfighter' aircraft; there was a mid-air collision with another CF-104. The aircraft went down at Siebert Lake, Alberta. The other pilot, Captain Lorenzo André TREMBLAY, also perished. From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-- Military Service:- Rank: Captain Trade: fighter pilot Service Number: 89412 Age: 37 Force: Air Force Unit: 417 Tactical Fighter Operational Training Squadron Citation: Canadian Forces Decoration (CD) Date and Place of Enlistment: February 3, 1965 in Namao, Alberta, Canada. Son of John Glyn and Annie Marie (née Jones) of Ponoka, Alberta, Canada. Husband of Marguerite Denyse (née Doiron) Owen and father of Marie-Claire, Kellyn, Erin and Coline Owen of Medley, Alberta. Commemorated on Page 175 of the 'In the Service of Canada' Book of Remembrance. His name is remembered at the STARFIGHTER PILOTS MEMORIAL:- On 19 June 2008, at 8 Wing Trenton, Ontario, in the Royal Canadian Air Force memorial Air Park of the National Air Force Museum of Canada, the ‘Starfighter Memorial’ was officially unveiled; it is dedicated to honouring all those airmen who flew the CF-104 (‘Starfighter’) and, in particular, it remembers the 37 pilots who gave their lives in the line of duty.

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Capt David Richard Owen's memorial is located at: Zion Christian Fellowship Cemetery, Ponoka, Red Deer Census Division, Canada.
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Capt David Richard Owen death on 3 Dec 1982 in Alberta, Canada
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Latitude: 52.6681590
Longitude: -113.3589940

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John Glyn Owen

(1921 - 2003)

Annie Marie Owen

(1921 - 2001)

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