Individual Details

F/O Owen Henry Morshead

(Abt Jun 1923 - 23 Oct 1944)

Flying Officer MORSHEAD, OWEN HENRY

Service Number 150313
Died 23/10/1944
Aged 21
625 Sqdn.
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Son of Lt.-Col. Henry Treise Morshead, D.S.O., R.E., and of Evelyn Templer Morshead, of Dorking, Surrey.

Events

BirthAbt Jun 1923Guildford, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Military serviceBet 1939 and 1941WW2
Death23 Oct 1944WWII CWGC

Families

FatherHenry Treise Morshead (1883 - 1931)
MotherEvelyn Templer Widdicombe (1888 - 1978)
SiblingHugh Sperling Morshead (1920 - 1945)
SiblingIan Trelawny Morshead (1922 - 2014)
SiblingAudrey Morshead (1925 - 1990)
SiblingPiers Nigel Morshead (1929 - 2016)

Notes

Death

FLYING OFFICER OWEN HENRY MORSHEAD
Service Number: 150313Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
625 Sqdn.
Date of Death: Died 23 October 1944
Age 21 years old
Lancaster PB531 took off 1632 from Kelstern. Lost without trace.
Buried or commemorated atRUNNYMEDE MEMORIALPanel 208.United Kingdom
  • Country of ServiceUnited Kingdom
  • Additional InfoSon of Lt.-Col. Henry Treise Morshead, D.S.O., R.E., and of Evelyn Templer Morshead, of Dorking, Surrey.