James Alfred Cook                         Updated:  07 NOV 2012

Airman: a019033.htm Surname: Cook Init: J A Rank: Wt/O Service: RAF Sqdn: 999

P_link: p134.htm Plane: WHI Z6834 Operation: Other Crash_site: The North Sea

Crash_d: d290143 Buried_d: b210443 C_link: c019.htm At_Next: Frederikshavn, gr. 37

  WHI Z6834 gik tabt over Nordsøen den 29. januar 1943. Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:
"Ved middagstid lettede flyet fra Acklington på en navigations / træningsflyvning over Nordsøen. Kl. 14.05 meddelte piloten, Sgt D.V. Corrigan, over radioen, at han vendte tilbage til Acklington på grund af motorvanskeligheder. Umiddelbart efter meddelte han kort, at de var nødsaget til at nødlande på havet.

Liget af andenpiloten, W/O J. A. Cook, drev i land ved Lønstrup (omkring her), og han blev begravet på Frederikshavns kirkegård den 21. april 1943. Der er ikke fundet spor af flyet eller de øvrige 5 besætningsmedlemmer." (FT 89-70-26) Bemærk at 4 navne mangler her.

Warrant Officer (Pilot) James Alfred Cook var fra United Kingdom. (Source: CWGC)  6 flyvere.

WHI Z6834 was lost over the North Sea on 29 January 1943.
(Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes:
"The plane took off from Acklington to the North Sea at noon on a flight to gain Operational Flight
Experience. At 14.05 hours Pilot, Sgt D. V. Corrigan stated over the radio that he was returning to
Acklington due to engine trouble. Immediately afterwards he announced briefly that they were forced
to ditch in the sea.

The body of Co-Pilot, Wt/O J. A. Cook drifted ashore near Lønstrup (about here). He was buried in Frederikshavn on 21 April 1943. No trace of the plane or the 5 other crew members has ever been found."
(FT 89-70-26) 

Warrant Officer (Pilot) James Alfred Cook was from the United Kingdom. (Source: CWGC)

999 Squadron? Here RAF 3 OTU Coastal Command (Operational Training Unit)!  6 airmen.