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P/O F.J Cooke RAF
Hoping someone can help,
Looking for details on the loss of the above pilot on March 1st 1944, any details welcome. Regards Steve
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Re: P/O F.J Cooke RAF
His name appears in the Killed in Action list in Flight magazine archvies dated 1 June 1944.
His death is registered in Totnes district and in the same page of the death register is listed 23 yr old John J Yeates, whose name appears also in the killed in action list and is lsited by CWGC as a WOP/AG. The next page of the death regster contains Alfred G Beeston WOP/AG, William McL Jack (Nav/bom), so that looks like The list of Killed in action from that magazine are: KILLED IN ACTION.—Sgt. A. G. Beeston; F>,,. Lt. A. L. B. Bent; P/O. F. J. Cooke; P/O. Coster; L.A/C. E. Eliav; F/O. P. Harrison; Sgt. W. McL. Jack; Fit. Sgt. J. G. Jones; E. A, Knight; Sgt. J. J. Yeates. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchi...0-%201138.html http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl So, a likely aircraft loss with at least Four men on board, the classification being KIA rather than killed on Active service suggets to me it was a unit of Flight status rather than a squadron or maybe a training unit. Would that match a Boston unit or a Mitchell? Cooke (Pilot) Yeates (Nav/bom) Beeston (WOP/AG) Jack (WOP/AG)
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Re: P/O F.J Cooke RAF
I've these four airmen on Wellington X serial LN775 of 3 OADU. Hit mountain near South Brent, Devon on ferry flight.
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