Details of the service for Chaz are:-
Funeral at St Faiths Crematorium 2nd July at 3:30PM. All welcome
Floral tributes to:-
Ivan Fisher Funerals,
Norton House
17, Park Drive,
Hethersett, Norwich,
NR9 3EN
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------It is with regret that I have to announce the passing of Chaz Boywer, author, historian and friend of the group.
He passed away peacefully yesterday 18th of June at the Norfolk and Norwich hospital aged 81, after a brief illness. His immediate family were all with him.
His daughter, Lisa, wrote
"I would like to thank all the well-wishers for their e-mails of condolence which are a great comfort to the family at this time. Dad lived and breathed aircraft and the brave airmen that flew them from a very young age and his interest and passion for the subject never diminished. I know he would have been touched at some of the tributes we have been sent.
If anybody would like to contact me please use my e-mail address at - lisajhoare@hotmail.com
Please feel free to pass this information on to any forums you feel may be interested in Dads passing, I would like to let the wider Aviation community know."
Chaz was a prolific aviation author, some of his books are listed below.
Age of the Biplane
Air War Over Europe
Airmen of World War I: Men of the British and Empire Air Forces in Old Photographs
Beaufighter at War
Bomber Barons
Bristol Blenheim
Bristol F.2B Fighters: R.A.F. 1918-32 (Profile Publications No. 237)
Bristol F2B Fighter: King of Two-Seaters
BRITISH MILITARY AIRCRAFT
de Havilland D.H.9A (R.A.F. 1918-30) (Profile Publications No. 248)
Encyclopaedia of British Military Aircraft
Enemy Coast Ahead by Guy Gibson, Chaz Bowyer, and Michael Kinnear
Eugene Esmonde, V.C., D.S.O.
Fighter Command, 1936-68
Fighter Pilot
Flying Elephants
For Valour: The Air VC's
Guns In The Sky The Air Gunners Of World War Two
Hampden Special
History of the RAF
Hurricane and Messerschmitt
Hurricane at War
Men of the Desert Air Force
Mosquito At War
Pathfinders at War
Royal Air Force Operations
Royal Air Force. The aircraft in service since 1918
Sopwith Camel: King of Combat
Supermarine Spitfire
Surviving World War Two Aircraft
The Air War Over Europe, 1939-45
The Encyclopedia of British Military Aircraft
The Royal Air Force Handbook, 1939-45
Wellington Bomber
Although he did not write about the jet age, most followers of aviation have read some of his works.
He was a friend and a founder member of the aviation group.
Rest in peace Chaz.