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Cook, Lorne Frankland (Flying Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-November-24

Birth Date: 1921 (age 22)

Fred L. Cook & Naomi S. Cook

Home: Kenton, Manitoba (parents)

Service
RCAF
Unit
23 OTU- Operational Training Unit (RAF)
Base
RAF Pershore
Rank
Flying Officer
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
Navigator
Service Numbers
J/24619
Prev: R/163711

Took off in Wellington Mk III (Sqn code FZ-? Bomber Command) on a training flight.

Crashed and exploded in bad weather at Holm Farm, Marston, Berkshire, on a training flight from Pershore.

Killed includes Cook: Flying Officer Herbert Russell Beswick RCAF KIFA Flying Officer Kenneth Wallace Bolstad RCAF KIFA Flying Officer Robert William Harry Budd RCAF KIFA Pilot Officer Dawson Aubrey Dunlop RCAF KIFA Pilot Officer Joseph Leon Gibault RCAF KIFA

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Home
Google MapKenton, Manitoba (parents)
Target
Google MapTraining Flight
Burial
Google MapPershore Cemetery
Plot Q Grave 408

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