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Cottingham, Cyril Morgan (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1943-November-22

Birth Date: 1918-June-13 (age 25)

William Thomas Cottingham & Mary Ann Cottingham

Home: Comox, British Columbia (parents)

Service
RCAF
Unit
49 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Cave Canem Beware of the dog
Base
RAF Fiskerton
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
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/21625

Took off from Fiskerton at 16:51 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code EA-G Bomber Command) on an operation to Berlin Germany.

Aircraft shot down by flak and exploded in mid-air over the target.

It was reported that the identified remains of six identified and two unidentified crewmen were found in the wreckage, but there is no burial record for anyone, so all are on the Runnymede memorial.

Killed: F/Lt George Cooley Bailey RCAF J/20211 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 172. Flight Sergeant Colin Edward Byers RCAF R/133135 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 181. Flying Officer Cyril Morgan Cottingham RCAF J/21625 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 173. Flying Officer Russell Bernard Richard RCAF J/14785 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 174. Sergeant George Frederick Alfred John Falck RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 149. Sergeant Alexander James Mathieson RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 158. Sergeant Geoffrey Tabenor RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 166. Flying Officer Maurice Winter Wright RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 130.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave.com Finadagrave.com

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

Flying Officer Cyril Morgan Cottingham has no known grave.

Home
Google MapComox, British Columbia (parents)
Target
Google MapBerlin Germany

Google MapRunnymede Memorial Surrey
Panel 173

Lancaster JB368

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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last update: 2021-09-18 14:32:33

Lancaster Mk.III JB368

EARAF RoundelG
Delivered to No. 49 Sqn 27 Sep 1943. Missing on operation to Berlin 22/23 Nov 1943.

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