Cook, Thomas Joseph (Leading Aircraftman)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-December-18

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Birth Date: 1924-February-21

Born:

Parents: Thomas Henry & Alice Maud Cook, of Auburn, New South Wales, Australia.

Spouse:

Home:

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAAF

Unit

8 BGS- Bombing & Gunnery School

Base

RCAF Stn. Lethbridge, Alberta

Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Position

Service Numbers

435377

Final Burial
Google MapMountain View Cemetery
Lot 13 Block B Grave 2E

Took off from Lethbridge on a routine training flight.

Pilot given red light on landing approach. Opened throttles harshly and one engine stalled. Aircraft stalled, crashed and burned four miles south-west of the aerodrome at Lethbridge.

Killed includes Cook; LAC Thomas Joseph Carroll RAAF KIFA LAC Durrant Vern Dunlop RCAF KIFA Pilot Officer William Roland Parks RCAF KIFA.

link,canadaprimary,https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c12335/275,School Daily Diary Entry â€" 1943-12-18

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

Crew or Other Personnel

Bolingbroke 10181

Leading Aircraftman Thomas Joseph Carroll RAAF

Leading Aircraftman Carroll, Thomas Joseph (RAAF)

Killed in Flying Accident
1943-December-18
St Patrick's Cemetery, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

Leading Aircraftman Thomas Joseph Cook RAAF

Leading Aircraftman Cook, Thomas Joseph (RAAF)

Killed in Flying Accident
1943-December-18
Mountain View Cemetery, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

Leading Aircraftman Durrant Vern Dunlop RCAF

Leading Aircraftman Dunlop, Durrant Vern (RCAF)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-December-18
Banff Cemetery, Banff, Alberta, Canada

Pilot Officer William Roland Parks RCAF

Pilot Officer Parks, William Roland (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-December-18
South Hill Cemetery, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada

Accident Card - Bristol Bolingbroke Mk. IVT serial:10181

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-December-18. Bolingbroke IVT s/n 10181.

This accident involved 4 people. Cook TJ, Dunlop DV, Parks WR, Carroll TJ

This accident had 4 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Thomas Joseph Cook RAAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:435377 Bolingbroke 10181, Leading Aircraftman Thomas Joseph Carroll RAAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:431088 Bolingbroke 10181, Leading Aircraftman Durrant Vern Dunlop RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/194972 Bolingbroke 10181, Pilot Officer William Roland Parks RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/27028 Bolingbroke 10181

Unit Desciption

8 BGS (8 Bomb and Gunnery School)

The Bombing and Gunnery School (B&GS) offered instruction in the techniques of bomb aiming and aerial machine gunnery to Air Observers, Bomb Aimers, and Wireless Air Gunners. These schools required large areas to accommodate their bombing and gunnery ranges, and were often located near water. The Avro Anson, Fairey Battle, Bristol Bolingbroke, and Westland Lysander were the standard aircraft used at B&GS schools.
RCAF Lethbridge AB

Established in 1940 at the present site of Lethbridge Airport CYQL.

More information on the RCAF Station at Lethbridge AB can be found at

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.Info - RCAF Station Lethbridge

Museum Bomber Command Museum Of Canada

Museum Vintage Wings - Ghosts Of Alberta

Museum Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum - 8 BGS

Project 44 BCATP

Unvetted Source Project 44 BCATP

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