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#	Name* (↑)	First Names	Rank	RAF Equivalent Rank	Service No.	Born	Nationality	Role	Awards	Air Force (↑)	Command (↑)	Unit (↑)	DateofIncident *See Note (↑)	Aircraft (↑)	Type	Serial	Code	Victories (Fighters)	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Commemorated	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
2751	Cook	George William	Leading Aircraftman		425276		Australia			RAAF		100 Sqd RAAF	1944-12-10												RAAF Honour Roll
2752	Cook	Walter Stuart	Flight Sergeant		421169		Australia			RAAF		519 Sqd RAF	1944-03-12												RAAF Honour Roll
2753	Cook	Ernest Newton	Sergeant		46603		Australia			RAAF		73 Operational Base Corunna Downs	1944-12-05												RAAF Honour Roll
2754	Cook	Emery C	1st Lt		O-1997837		USA	Pilot		USAAF	358th Fighter Group	368th Fighter Squadron	1944-12-23	P-51 Mustang								1 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2755	Cook	Walter V	Captain		O-432182		USA	Pilot		USAAF	56th Fighter Group	62nd Fighter Squadron	1943-06-12	P-47 Thunderbolt								1 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2756	Cooke	John Robert Alfred	Flight Sergeant		1336866	Age 21		Pilot		RAFVR	Bomber Command	51 Sqd	1944-06-30	Halifax	III	LV782	MH-E		RAF Snaith, Yorkshire	PM	Villers-Bocage	See archive report for further details	Killed	Tilly-sur-seulles War Cemetery. Grave XI.G.3		Read Archive Report
2757	Cooke	W H	Flight Sergeant							RNZAF	Bomber Command	622 Sqd	1944-06-23	Lancaster	I	LM138	GI-N		Mildenhall	2315	l'Hey	Crashed near Socx {Nord}	Killed	Socx Churchyard
2758	Cooke	R J	Pilot Officer								Bomber Command	158 Sqd	1944-08-12	Halifax	III	MZ367	NP-I		Lissett	2121	Braunschweig		Killed	Runnymede
2759	Cooke	F T	Flying Officer					Pilot			Fighter	414 Sqd RCAF	1944-06-29	Mustang	I	AM166							Injured
2760	Cooke	Gordon	Flight Sergeant		1549747			Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RAFDVR	Bomber Command	617 Sqn	1944-12-21	Lancaster	I	ME561	KC:T		Woodhall Spa	16:54	Politz	On return to base the crew were ordered to divert to Ludford Magna and land by aid of FIDO, due to fog blanketing the local area. On approach to the diversion airfield, the Lancaster’s port wing brushed the ground causing the bomber to crash at 02:40 hrs at Tealby, 3 miles ENE of Market Rasen, Lincolnshire.	Dangerously injured
2761	Cooksey	J S	Flying Officer								Bomber Command	61 Sqd	1944-09-12	Lancaster	III	PB434	QR-		Skellingthorpe	1902	Stuttgart	Crashed on take off
2762	Coole	D A P	Sergeant								Bomber Command	582 Sqd	1944-06-28	Lancaster	III	ND921	6O-D		Little Staughton	2250	Blainville	Crashed & exploded	Killed	Coincy Cemetery
2763	Cooledge	L D	Sergeant								Bomber Command	102 Sqd (Ceylon)	1944-06-25	Halifax	III	ME752	DY-K		Pocklington	755	Montorqueil	Overshot on return to base
2764	Cooles	Douglas Reginald	Pilot Officer		177978			Navigator		RAFVR	Bomber Command	7 Sqn	1944-06-15	Lancaster	III	JB455	MG:N		RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire	23:03	Lens	See Archive report for further details	Killed	Anzegem Communal Cemetery. Collective grave 14-18			Read Archive Report
2765	Cooley	George W	2nd Lt		O-816465		USA	Pilot		USAAF	4th Fighter Group	335th Fighter Squadron: Chiefs	1944-06-20	P-51 Mustang								1 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2766	Cooley	Warren C	1st Lt		O-710818		USA	Pilot		USAAF	356th Fighter Group	359th Fighter Squadron	1944-12-26	P-47 Thunderbolt. (P-51 Mustang from Nov 1944)								2 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2767	Cooley	Warren C	1st Lt		O-710818		USA	Pilot		USAAF	356th Fighter Group	359th Fighter Squadron	1944-12-26	P-47 Thunderbolt. (P-51 Mustang from Nov 1944)				7								Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2768	Coombe	Anthony Paul	Sergeant					Bomb Aimer	1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45,	RAF	Bomber Command	44 Sqd	1943-12-23	Lancaster	III	ED999	KM-X		Dunholme Lodge	.0009.	Berlin	Believed shot down by night fighter	Killed	Hannover War Cemetery		Nachtjagd War Diaries Volume 1. This aircraft was claimed by Oblt Paul Zorner (8./NJG3). Vechta-Quakenbruck/South Diepholz at 6,300m. Time 05:43.This was his 19th kill. He would score another kill at 06:02. See Kracker Archive on this site. (Additional information from John Jones) Born in September 1923 and, after attending school at Scunthorpe, enlisted in the Royal Air Force. Duly trained as a Bomb Aimer, he joined No. 44 Sqd (Rhodesia), a Lancaster unit operating out of Dunholme Lodge, towards the end of 1943, and flew his first operational sortie on the night of 20-21 December, against Frankfurt - an eventful trip for Coombe owing to the fact the bomb load hung up and had to be jettisoned live by means of ‘a violent dive and pull up’. On his next sortie, however, a strike against the “Big City” on the night of the 23rd-24th, as a member of Sergeant R. L. Hands’ crew, his Lancaster was shot down by an Me. 110 night fighter piloted by Oberleutnant Paul Zorrner - one of three bombers claimed by him that night. Coombe’s aircraft crashed near Diepholz, all of the crew being killed and, having been buried locally by the Germans on Christmas Day, were re-interred in Hannover War Cemetery after the War
2769	Coombe	Keith Anzac	Flying Officer		416829		Australia			RAAF		512 Sqd RAF	1944-06-07												RAAF Honour Roll
2770	Coombridge	T W	Flight Sergeant							RNZAF	Bomber Command	75 Sqd RNZAF	1944-12-27	Lancaster	I	NN710	AA-Q		Mepal	1226	Rheydt	Crashed target area	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery
2771	Coombs	G F	Flying Officer								Bomber Command	50 Sqd	1944-06-08	Lancaster	I	W4824	VN-Z		Skellingthorpe	945	Bois de Cassan	Crashed at Pontoise	Killed	Val d'Oise Communal Cemetery
2772	Coons	Merle M	Captain		O-737733		USA	Pilot		USAAF	55th Fighter Group	38th Fighter Squadron	1944-12-05	P-51 Mustang								2 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2773	Coope	A	Sergeant								Bomber Command	102 Sqd (Ceylon)	1944-12-23	Halifax	III	LW168	DY-O		Pocklington	1157	Mulheim	Crashed at Krefeld	PoW
2774	Cooper	J A G	Flying Officer							RAAF	Bomber Command	57 Sqd	1944-11-06	Lancaster	III	LM624	DX-A		East Kirkby	1631	Gravenhorst		Killed	Runnymede
2775	Cooper	Thomas Noel	Flight Lieutenant		68807			Pilot		RAFVR	Bomber Command	515 Sqd	1944-11-06	Mosquito	FB.VI	PZ217	3P-K		RAF Little Snoring, Norfolk	1820	Bomber Support	Ditched North Sea?	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 202		Read Archive Report
2776	Cooper	Roger Hughes	Flight Sergeant		1474128			Wireless Operator		RAFVR	Bomber Command	103 Sqd	1944-06-06	Lancaster	III	NE173	PM-F		Full Sutton	2140	Vire	Crashed at Coulonces	Killed	Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, XII.C.13-15 (Coll.)
2777	Cooper	E E	Flying Officer							RCAF	Bomber Command	428 Sqd RCAF	1944-12-05	Lancaster	X	KB768	NA-E		Middleton St George	1750	Soest	Collided with 426 Sqn Halifax VII LW200 OW-N & crashed at Rugby	Killed	Brookwood Military Cemetery	Paradie Archive Database
2778	Cooper	E J	Pilot Officer								Bomber Command	12 OTU	1942-06-25	Wellington	IC	DV951			Chipping Warden		Bremen	Crashed at Wietmarschen	PoW
2779	Cooper	A J M	Flight Sergeant								Bomber Command	156 Sqd	1944-12-30	Lancaster	III	PB621	GT-N		Upwood	1823	Koln	Crashed at Koln-Rodenkirchen	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery
2780	Cooper	Raymond C.	Sergeant		3030985			Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn	1944-09-12	Fortress	III	HB767	BU:A		Oulton	19:00	Bomber Support	Crashed off Calais	Survived			Report by Sgt Cooper (WO 208/5408/2003) I was the starboard waist gunner of a Fortress II which took off from Oulton at 18:45 hours on 12 Sep 44 for an attack on Frankfurt. We had trouble with the port outer engine, and had difficulty in maintaining our operational height of 19,000ft. This engine had been feathered about 20 minutes before Calais on the way home and at this time our height was 2,000ft. The port inner engine then developed trouble and our Capt told us to take up ditching positions. Our height was then 2,000ft. After passing over Calais the port inner stopped and the aircraft tipped up violently throwing me across the aircraft and as a result I lost consciousness. The next thing I remember was floating in the sea. I saw a dinghy which appeared to be empty but I was unable to reach it and a few minutes later, I was picked up by two German soldiers in a small boat. I was suffering from cuts in the face and body bruises and was taken to Hospital in Calais where my wounds were attended to. My flying clothing, identity discs, Pandora and purse were taken from me. I was transferred from the Hospital to a prison in Calais where I was kept until the prison received a direct hit by a bomb on 27 Sep. I was then taken to the cellar of a house where I remained until the entry of Canadian troops at 18:15 hours on 30 Sep 44. (French Crashes 39-45)
2781	Cooper	Norman Leslie	Sergeant		1600217	1920		Navigator		RAFVR	Bomber Command	640 Sqn	1944-03-24	Halifax	III	LW430	C8-T		Leconfield	19:06	Berlin	Claim by Oblt Karl-Heinz Seeler 5./JG302 - 10km South of Juterbog: 5,800m at 22:57. Crashed in a field located in Gerbis, near Jessen.	Killed	Runnymede Memorial Panel 227		Son of William John and Lydia Elizabeth Cooper, of Portsmouth. A member of the crew of Halifax LW430. The remains of five crew members were discovered and reburied in Plot 14, Row K, Grave 8 of Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery in 2005. Unfortunately, it was not possible to identify the individual airmen. The story of the recovery of the aircraft/crew available on request.
2782	Cooper	E	Flight Lieutenant		111769			Pilot			Fighter	65 Sqd	1944-07-12	Mustang	III	FZ135					Recce	Crashed at Evreux	Killed	Dreux Communal Cemetery France
2783	Cooper	E R	Sergeant								Bomber Command	75 Sqd RNZAF	1944-11-30	Lancaster	I	NF980	AA-F		Mepal	1058	Osterfeld	Crashed target area	Injured died 28/12/44	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
2784	Cooper	L	Sergeant								Bomber Command	75 Sqd RNZAF	1944-10-06	Lancaster	I	LM104	AA-Z		Mepal	1646	Dortmund		PoW
2785	Cooper	Joseph Arthur Gordon	Flying Officer		26756		Australia			RAAF		57 Sqd RAF	1944-11-06												RAAF Honour Roll
2786	Cooper	Norman Athol	Flight Sergeant		421978		Australia			RAAF		59 Sqd RAF	1944-06-19												RAAF Honour Roll
2787	Cooper	George E	1st Lt		O-396628		USA	Pilot		USAAF	373rd Fighter Group	412th Fighter Squadron	1944-12-23	P-47 Thunderbolt								1 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2788	Coote	Arthur William	Flight Sergeant		1295109			Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	83 Sqd	1944-01-20	Lancaster	III	ED974	OL-Y		Wyton	1603	Berlin	Probable claim by Hptm Werner Hoffmann Stab I/NJG5 - 20km NNE of Rathenow (EE9): 6,400m at 1920 hrs (Local). (Nachtjagd War Diaries Volume 1 - Dr. Theo E.W. Boiten). Crashed on the outskirts of Dreetz, 8 km South of Neustadt / Dosse (Brandenburg)	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Plot 9 Row D Grave 12		Husband of Olive Mary Coote of Old Balderton, Nottinghamshire The Burgomeister of Dreetz and several of the local inhabitants stated that the a/c was shot down by a night fighter. It exploded in mid air and crashed outside Dreetz. The bodies of six members of the crew were found scattered round the countryside. Nobody was sure that on the same night of the crash an airman who had parachuted was seen to pass through the village (Dreetz) and knock on the door of a house. The airman may have been Sgt MacKinnon (Extract from report by Berlin Detachment No 4 MREU signed by Sqn Ldr J W Willis-Richards OC Berlin Detachment dated 6 September 1947)
2789	Cooter	William Mattison	2nd Lieutenant	Pilot Officer	O-705007	27th January 1921, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	American	Co-Pilot	AM (Oak Leaf Clusters) PH	USAAF	8th Air Force	303rd Bombardment Group (H), 360th Bombardment Squadron (H), 1st Air Division	1944-09-28	B-17	G	44-8330	PU:D		Molesworth (Station #107), Cambridgeshire, England		Magdeburg (Mission #652), Germany	See Archive report for details	Killed	Netherlands American Cemetery Plot D, Row 12, Grave 3			Archive Report
2790	Cope	J F	Sergeant								Bomber Command	51 Sqd	1944-06-08	Halifax	III	LW364	MH-B		Snaith	2239	Chateaudun	Crashed near Holme on Spalding Moor	Killed
2791	Copeland	John Earl Snr	Staff Sergeant		37230355	Born Montgomery County, Kansas June 7, 1922	USA	Waist Gunner		USAAF	90th Bomber Group	321st Bomber Squadron Heavy	1944-04-10	B-24D Liberator		#42-41188 'Hot Garters'			Nazdab Air Base, Papua New Guinea		Attack AA site Hansa Bay, Papua New Guinea	Shot down by AA fire over Madang. Papua New Guinea	Killed	Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines	pacificwrecks.com	Four of the 12-member crew exited the aircraft after it had been hit and those captured by the Japanese were murdered. Donald Crotteau was one of the men who bailed out, along with fellow crew members Hyler and Handleman. They were likely injured and managed to evade capture for two days. On April 12, 1944, however, they were captured and ultimately were murdered or died of their injuries. The other crew members went down with the plane and the entire crew was officially declared dead the day of the mission. Donald Greenman was another of the four who bailed out. He was likely captured on April 10, 1944 by a Japanese Army patrol sent to investigate a report of an enemy aircraft being shot down. Japanese records say a patrol captured an 'American pilot' (likely Greenman) and the next day took him to Diri and later he was walked or transported to Hansa Bay. The Japanese report says on April 16, 1944 four PoWs from the crash were transported to Bogia. According to the Japanese, two of the prisoners - Greenman and Handleman - 'died on route'. Possibly, this was a Japanese euphemism meaning they were murdered or otherwise killed. The fact is when Leading Private Oshina returned to Hansa Bay he had only two prisoners with him and Greenman was not one of them. William Hyler was reportedly captured by Japanese troops and murdered about 2 weeks later. Paulsen's remains were recovered and identified by American authorities on July 16, 2014 and he and the others identified were interred on March 18, 2015 at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honours.	Archive Report Bryant Poulsen
2792	Copeman	G D	Sergeant								Bomber Command	57 Sqd	1944-06-21	Lancaster	III	ND471	DX-A		East Kirkby	2302	Wesseling	Ditched off East Anglia
2793	Copland	Frank	Pilot Officer		161569	Age 29		Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	190 Sqd	1944-07-23	Stirling	IV	LJ882	L9-H		RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire		SOE 'Rupert'	See archive report for further details	Killed	Graffigny-Chemin Communal Cemetery. Collective grave 12-22		Read Archive Report
2794	Copley	R A	Leading Aircraftman								Bomber Command	12 Sqd	1940-06-13	Battle	I	L5324	PH-		Souge	1750	Foret de Gault	Crashed near St-Barthelemy France	Evader
2795	Coppolino	Domenic A	2nd Lt		O-829649		USA	Pilot		USAAF	358th Fighter Group	366th Fighter Squadron	1944-12-23	P-47 Thunderbolt								1 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2796	Copson	D	Sergeant								Bomber Command	61 Sqd	1944-06-21	Lancaster	III	JB351	QR-		Skellingthorpe	2333	Scholven-Buer	Crash landed at Woodbridge Suffolk on return	Injured
2797	Corbin	Henry L	2nd Lt		O-766438		USA	Pilot		USAAF	367th Fighter Group	392nd Fighter Squadron	1944-12-23	P-38 Lightning								1 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2798	Cordner	J	Flying Officer								Bomber Command	12 Sqd	1944-08-27	Lancaster	I	PD273	PH-K		Wickenby	2048	Stettin		PoW
2799	Cordon	Leslie Theodore	Sergeant		2211649			Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	1654 HCU	1944-06-07	Stirling	III	LK594	Not known		RAF Wigsley, Lincolnshire	300	Training	See archive report for details	Killed.	Liverpool Cemetery (Allerton) Sec. 2F. C. of E. Grave 241		Read Archive Report
2800	Cork	C S	Flight Sergeant							RAAF	Bomber Command	77 Sqd	1944-06-16	Halifax	III	MZ711	KN-T		Full Sutton	2325	Sterkrade	Lost target area	PoW