Service Details
Name:
 COOKE
Given Name:
 CEDRICK ARTHUR
Initials:
 C A
Service No:
 206267V
Trade:
 Nav.
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 31 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-08-15
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Age:
 30
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG836, 7 crew (1 RAFVR), crashed in Warsaw Central Square when wing struck roof top during supply drop to Polish Home Army Partisans, in Warsaw, Poland
Additional
Information:
Son of Arthur Vernon and Helen Isabel Cooke, of Knysna, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Knysna. A clerk.
Commemoration
Country:
 Poland
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Cemetery:
 KRAKOW RAKOWICKI CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Coll. grave 1. E. 3-7.

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