Edred R. F. Cooke                                                                                 Updated: 12 JAN 2012

Airman: e777620.htm Surname: Cooke Init: ERF Rank: F/Lt Service: RAF Sqdn: 25

P_link: p203.htm Plane: MOS DD748 Operation: Intruder Crash_site: The North Sea

Crash_d: d300743 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN

Den 30. juli 1943 kl. 22.30 startede MOS DD748 for at udføre patruljeflyvning over Westerland (her) på Sild. "Rapporterede kl. 23 motorproblemer
og ville vende om. Intet yderligere hørt, selv om meddelelsen blev modtaget kun nogle få miles fra den britiske kyst. Mosquito DD748 styrtede i Nordsøen
ud for den britiske kyst. Ingen overlevende."(Kilde: MACR - blanket om mistet besætning)

Flight Lieutenant Edred Rodney Fitzpatrick Cooke, 21 år, var søn af dommer J. F. Cooke, K.C., D.L., og Mrs. E. C. L. Cooke.
Hans navn er på Panel 119 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)


Se Mosquito fotos og Google Map 14 Mosquitoes DK.
1 flyver fra
MOS DD748 blev begravet på Kirkeby Kirkegård på Rømø. 1 har ingen kendt grav.
2 flyvere.

On 30 July 1943 at 2230 hours MOS DD748 took off on an intruder mission over Westerland (here) on Sylt. "Reported at 2300 hrs. engine failure
and was returning. Nothing further heard although message was received only a few miles out from the British coast. Mosquito DD748 crashed in the
North Sea off British coast. No survivors." (MACR - Missing Air Crew Report)

Flight Lieutenant Edred Rodney Fitzpatrick Cooke, 21, was the son of His Honour Mr. Justice J. F. Cooke, K.C., D.L., and Mrs. E. C. L. Cooke.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 119, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave. (Source: CWGC)

1 airman from MOS DD748 was buried in Kirkeby Churchyard on Rømø. 1 has no known grave.

See No. 25 Squadron RAF in Wikipedia and XXV Squadron RAF Association. See also Mosquito Photos and Google Map 14 Mosquitoes DK.
This Mosquito took off from RAF Church Fenton. See Royal Air Force Church Fenton.
2 airmen.