1945 March Quarter death-
Name: Cooke, Douglas M.---Age: 21
District: Colchester [Volume & Page: 4a & 1168]
432 Squadron's Halifax VII (#RG-475) aircraft was one of about 160 aircraft that participated in a major air operation over Chemnitz, Germany on 5/6 March 1945. The Halifax took off from RAF East Moor in Yorkshire with eight air crew members aboard; after its successful operation in Germany, the aircraft was on its return flight back to its base in England when it was tragically shot down by 'friendly flak' from British Coastal Defence anti-aircraft guns. All eight airmen perished when the Halifax crashed north of Walton-on-Naze in Essex.
The casualties of that unfortunate accident were:-
RCAF Flight Lieutenant John George CLOTHIER,
RAFVR Pilot Officer Douglas Marvin COOKE,
RCAF Flight Lieutenant Glenn Royal HARRIS,
RCAF Flying Officer Colin Maxwell HAY,
RCAF Squadron Leader Edwin Alfred HAYES,
RCAF Pilot Officer Marius Bendt NIELSEN,
RCAF Pilot Officer Gilbert Melbourne ORSER and
RCAF Pilot Officer Dennis Joseph RINGROSE.
Military Service:-
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Flight Engineer
Service No: 196146
Age: 21
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 432 Leaside Squadron [MOTTO: Saevitir Ad Lucem ('Ferociously towards the light')]
Son of Vincent and Marjorie Cooke; husband of Eveline Nellie Cooke of Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
In 1978 a special memorial was erected in Walton-on-the-Naze churchyard in Walton-on-the-Naze, a small town in Essex, England; this memorial is dedicated to the local men and women who served in the RAF and, in particular, to the eight airmen of 432 Squadron's Handley Page Halifax VII (#RG-475) aircraft, lost on 6 Mar 1945.
1945 March Quarter death-
Name: Cooke, Douglas M.---Age: 21
District: Colchester [Volume & Page: 4a & 1168]
432 Squadron's Halifax VII (#RG-475) aircraft was one of about 160 aircraft that participated in a major air operation over Chemnitz, Germany on 5/6 March 1945. The Halifax took off from RAF East Moor in Yorkshire with eight air crew members aboard; after its successful operation in Germany, the aircraft was on its return flight back to its base in England when it was tragically shot down by 'friendly flak' from British Coastal Defence anti-aircraft guns. All eight airmen perished when the Halifax crashed north of Walton-on-Naze in Essex.
The casualties of that unfortunate accident were:-
RCAF Flight Lieutenant John George CLOTHIER,
RAFVR Pilot Officer Douglas Marvin COOKE,
RCAF Flight Lieutenant Glenn Royal HARRIS,
RCAF Flying Officer Colin Maxwell HAY,
RCAF Squadron Leader Edwin Alfred HAYES,
RCAF Pilot Officer Marius Bendt NIELSEN,
RCAF Pilot Officer Gilbert Melbourne ORSER and
RCAF Pilot Officer Dennis Joseph RINGROSE.
Military Service:-
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Flight Engineer
Service No: 196146
Age: 21
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 432 Leaside Squadron [MOTTO: Saevitir Ad Lucem ('Ferociously towards the light')]
Son of Vincent and Marjorie Cooke; husband of Eveline Nellie Cooke of Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
In 1978 a special memorial was erected in Walton-on-the-Naze churchyard in Walton-on-the-Naze, a small town in Essex, England; this memorial is dedicated to the local men and women who served in the RAF and, in particular, to the eight airmen of 432 Squadron's Handley Page Halifax VII (#RG-475) aircraft, lost on 6 Mar 1945.
Inscription
(Epitaph...)
AT THE GOING DOWN
OF THE SUN
AND IN THE MORNING
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
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