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Old 26th March 2009, 11:50
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Hey Hamish! this is all the info my friend got on this case:
Cogman W.was interned in Belgium on 9.9.1939 and was safe on 20.5.1940. He was muissed in action , he was on the SS Aboukir.
9sept.1939:
K8985 Whitley III 102 Sqdr DY-J Nivelles(B) in dutch: Nijvel. Cogman,pilot 39274 interned at Fort II Borsbeek(Antwerp). Mack A.W. F/O.Pilot,intern.Borsbeek. Henry G.J.,Sgt:interned Borsbeek. Wood S.R.,Cpl. intern.Borsbeek. Steel Alan,A.C.1,W.Op/Air gnr 250484,interned Borsbeek. Forced to laznd on the aerodrome of Nivelles by Belgian pilots J.Offenberg and Alexis Jottrand.
N1417 Whitley V,102 Sqd, DY-B Eindhoven (Nl):Cogman W.F/O,pilot,39274 M.I.A. Runnymede panel 05. Was Safe on May 20,1940 and missed since sinking of SS Aboukir.The all crew belonged to the Can.Airforce.Miller L.,P/O.,pilot 40411DFC,POW:Camp I.3 nr.00024. Thrift Kenneth Sgt.Obs.,20 years,580889 KIA at Jonkerbos(Nl),12F9. Nicholson JR,L.A.C.,620766,POW:Camp 357,nr.13040. Bros E.H.,A.C.2, 633782,POW:Camp L4,nr.13043,RAF,SS Aboukir,missed until now.
Grts from Antwerp, fredcompa
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