Cope, Donald Ernest (Pilot Officer)
Prisoner of War 1944-May-23
Birth Date: unkown date (age unknown)
RAF
83 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Strike To Defend
RAF Coningsby
| Marshal | |
| Air Chief Marshal | A/C/M |
| Air Marshal | A/M |
| Air Vice Marshal | A/V/M |
| Air Commodore | A/C |
| Group Captain | G/C |
| Wing Commander | W/C |
| Squadron Leader | S/L |
| Flight Lieutenant | F/L |
| Flying Officer | F/O |
| Pilot Officer | P/O |
| Warrant Officer 1st Class | WO1 |
| Warrant Officer 2nd Class | WO2 |
| Flight Sergeant | FS |
| Sergeant | SGT |
| Corporal | CPL |
| Senior Aircraftman | SAC |
| Leading Aircraftman | LAC |
| Aircraftman 1st Class | AC1 |
| Aircraftman 2nd Class | AC2 |
Took off from Coningsby at 22:44 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code OL-H Bomber Command) on an operation to Braunschweig Germany.
Out-bound aircraft was shot down by a night fighter and exploded with some force and crashed at Nieuw Dordrecht (Gelderland) 8 km SE of Emmen Holland./
Killed: Flight Sergeant Ernest Arthur Davies RAF KIA Emmen (Nieuw Dordrecht) General Cemetery Plot 9. Row B. Grave 26. Flight Sergeant Stanley John Hall RAF KIA Emmen (Nieuw Dordrecht) General Cemetery Plot 9. Row B. Grave 28. Flight Sergeant John Anthony Jones RAF KIA Emmen (Nieuw Dordrecht) General Cemetery Plot 9. Row B. Grave 27.
POWs includes Cope: Warrant Officer Class 1 James Stanley Arthur Aspinall RCAF R/90453 POW Stalag 9C Muhlhausen. Pilot Officer Kenneth Albert Lane RAF POW Stalag Luft L7 Bankau near Kreuzburg, Upper Silesia. Flight Sergeant Richard Francis Raymond RAF POW Stalag Luft L7 Bankau near Kreuzburg, Upper Silesia.
Braunschweig Germany
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