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.
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