Thread: Looking for the family of a NZ Mosquito Navigator, Rex Frederick Cottrell
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Old 24th September 2016, 21:52
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Re: Looking for the family of a NZ Mosquito Navigator, Rex Frederick Cottrell
You may want to try here:


http://www.nzdf.mil.nz/personnel-rec...-the-files.htm


Rex was killed after bailing out of Mosquito NF.XIII, HK399, JT-D. He was buried at Lyon-La Guillotière cemetery and then re-interred at La Douna national cemetary at Villeurbanne. The aircraft was shot down by flak on 2 July 1944.



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