William Alexander Cook              Updated: 12 MAY 2023

Airman: a050020.htm Surname: Cook Init: W A Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 49

P_link: p150.htm Plane: LAN ED620 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Near Stadil

Crash_d: d210443 Buried_d: b240443 C_link: c050.htm At_Next: Lemvig

Nedstyrtningsstedet er her omkring 400 m nordøst for Stadil Kirke, Stadilvej 31, 6980 Tim.
(Kilde: Bent Bågøe Anthonisen). Se Fotos.

Den 20. april 1943 blev LAN ED620 ramt af flak på vejen til Stettin. Flyet forsøgte en nødlanding, men en
vinge ramte jorden, så det nærmest blev en nedstyrtning.
De 4 dræbte flyvere, der alle ifølge dødsattesten havde kraniebrud, blev ført til Lemvig. De blev begravet af pastor J. Bendsen den 24. april 1943. (Kilde: FAF)
Se Adam Anderson med pilotvinger og fotos fra begravelsen af 4 flyvere fra LAN ED620 i Lemvig.

Sergeant (Air Bomber) William Alexander Cook, 21 år, var søn af William og Maggie B. Cook, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. (Kilde: CWGC)

4 flyvere fra LAN ED620 blev begravet i Lemvig. 3 blev taget til fange, kom på sygehuse og så til
Tyske krigsfangelejre. Se Lancaster fotos og Stettin + Rostock 20 - 21 April 1943. 7 flyvere.

The crash site is here about 400 m north east of Stadil Church, Stadilvej 31, 6980 Tim.
(Source: Bent Bågøe Anthonisen). See Photos.
On 20 April 1943 LAN ED620 was hit by flak on its way to Stettin. It attempted a forced landing, but a
wing hit the ground, so it was rather a crash.
The 4 killed airmen, who all according to their death certificates died from a fracture of the skull, were
taken to Lemvig. They were buried by Vicar J. Bendsen on 24 April 1943. (Source: FAF)
See Adam Anderson with Pilot's Wings and photos from funeral of 4 airmen of LAN ED620 in Lemvig.

Sergeant (Air Bomber) William Alexander Cook, 21, was the son of William and Maggie B. Cook, of Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. (Source: CWGC)
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, P 1, Panel 22.

4 airmen from LAN ED620 were buried in Lemvig. 3 were captured, taken to hospitals and then to
German POW-Camps.
See No. 49 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia * 49 Squadron Association *   Lancaster * Lancaster Photos.
Lancaster III ED620 EA-K took off from RAF Fiskerton at 21.47 hrs on 20 APR 1943. (Source:
Aircrew Remembered has this.)
It had a Rolls-Royce Merlin variant 28 engine produced by Packard in the U.S.A. - see List of Rolls-Royce Merlin variants. Source: The RAF Museum, London)
See RAF-Lincolnshire.info about 49 Sqn and RAF Fiskerton. See also RAF Fiskerton HOME PAGE. See Stettin + Rostock 20 - 21 April 1943.  7 airmen.