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Cooper, Edgar Harvey (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1945-January-01

Birth Date: 1924 (age 21)

Oliver & Bertha Cooper

Home: Washago, Ontario (parents)

Service
RCAF
Unit
9 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Per Noctem Volamus Through out the night we fly
Base
RAF Bardney Lincolnshire
Rank
Pilot 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
Air Gunner
Service Numbers
J/92339
Prev: R/200401

Took off from Bardney and aircraft crashed almost immediately, due to loss of power on one or both port engines.

The Lanc caught fire on hitting the ground and the bomb load exploded.

Killed includes Cooper: Flying Officer Clifford Sinclair Newton RCAF J/87580 pilot KIA Stonefall Cemetery, Harrowgate Sec. H. Row D. Grave 16. Pilot Officer Robert Slade Stevens RCAF S/92546 KIA Stonefall Cemetery Sec. H. Row D. Grave 15. Sergeant Colin Booth RAF KIA Brighouse Cemetery Sec. F. Cons. Grave 498. Pilot Officer Percy Grant RAF KIA London Road Cemetery, Mitcham Plot 31. Grave 2547. Sergeant Lawrence Gerard Kelly RAF KIA Greenacres Cemetery, Oldham Sec. D. Row 1.B. Grave 140.

POWs: Pilot Officer R C Flynn RAF POW camp not listed.

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Home
Google MapWashago, Ontario (parents)
Target
Google MapDortmund Germany
Burial
Google MapStonefall Cemetery
Sec H Row D Grave 14

Lancaster NG252

Avro Lancaster

Avro Lancaster Mk. X RCAF Serial FM 213
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The Avro Lancaster is a British Second World War heavy bomber. It was designed and manufactured by Avro as a contemporary of the Handley Page Halifax, both bombers having been developed to the same specification, as well as the Short Stirling, all three aircraft being four-engined heavy bombers adopted by the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the same wartime era.

The Lancaster has its origins in the twin-engine Avro Manchester which had been developed during the late 1930s in response to the Air Ministry Specification P.13/36 for a capable medium bomber for "world-wide use". Originally developed as an evolution of the Manchester (which had proved troublesome in service and was retired in 1942), the Lancaster was designed by Roy Chadwick and powered by four Rolls-Royce Merlins and in one version, Bristol Hercules engines. It first saw service with RAF Bomber Command in 1942 and as the strategic bombing offensive over Europe gathered momentum, it was the main aircraft for the night-time bombing campaigns that followed. As increasing numbers of the type were produced, it became the principal heavy bomber used by the RAF, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and squadrons from other Commonwealth and European countries serving within the RAF, overshadowing the Halifax and Stirling. Wikipedia

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Lancaster Mk.I NG252

WSRAF RoundelR
Delivered to No. 9 Sqn (WS-R) Oct 1944. Crashed and burnt on take-off from Bardney 1 Jan 1945.

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