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Cox, Edmund Thomas (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1943-February-07

Birth Date: 1913 (age 30)

Alexander & Helen Mary Cox

Home: Oliver, British Columbia (parents)

Service
RCAF
Unit
424 (B) Sqn- Squadron
Castigandos Castigamus Chastise those deserving
Base
RAF Topcliffe
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
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/16786
Prev: R/106789

Wellington Mk. III BJ658

Minelaying 1943-February-07 to 1943-February-07

424 (B) Sqn (RAF) Topcliffe

424 Tiger Squadron (Castigandos Castigamus). Wellington aircraft BJ 658 was shot down in the Baltic Sea during a night operation. Flying Officer J.M.Patterson,Warrant Officer E.D. Coates, Pilot Officer E.T. Cox, FS H.M. Duke, and Sergeant F.J. Allen (RAF) were killed. One other member of the crew, not Canadian, missing believed killed.

Took off from Topcliffe at 17:22 in Wellington Mk III on a 'Gardening' (mine laying operation to the Frisian Islands

Aircraft was shot down in the Baltic Sea during a night mine laying operation.

Killed includes Cox: WO Eddie Donald Coates RCAF R/73428 KIA Sage War Cemetery grave 3. F. 9. Flight Sergeant Harvey Mckerr Duke RCAF R/106616 KIA Sage War Cemetery grave 5. D. 2. Flying Officer Joseph Moses Patterson RCAF J/11799 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 174. Sergeant Francis John Allen RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 140. Flight Sergeant Alfred Ernest Booth RAF KIA Becklingen War Cemetery grave 11. G. 7.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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

Pilot Officer Edmund Thomas Cox was exhumed and reburied.

Home
Google MapOliver, British Columbia (parents)
Target
Google MapFrisian Islands Holland
First Burial
Google MapCox was buried on Norderney Island
Re-Burial
Google MapSage War Cemetery
grave 3 F 12

Wellington BJ658

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