Service Details
Name:
 COOKE
Given Name:
 HAROLD
Initials:
 H
Service No:
 778541
Trade:
 Air Gnr.
Rank:
 Sergeant
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
 10 OTU
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Date of Death:
 1942-06-26
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Date of Birth:
 1921-12-06
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed inj action, Whitley AD 689 which crashed near Lingen, Germany while on third thousand bomber raid on Bremen
Additional
Information:
Son of Herbert and Florence Amelia Cooke; stepson of Mr. F. D. Laland, of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. an Assayer and Sampler on the Fred Mine, Filabusi, Southern Rhodesia before the war. His interests were all sports, shooting, fishing and mechanics. Harold was educated at Chaplin School and Prince Edward. His twin brother, Flt. Lieut. Grimwood Cooke, D.F.C., D.F.M., also died on service.
Commemoration
Country:
 Germany
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Locality:
 Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen
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Cemetery:
 REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Coll. grave 15. C. 15-16.

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