Cochrane, Arthur Charles (Flight Lieutenant)

Hurricane Mk IIc HW-619 failed to return from operations in North Africa, cause unknown.

F/Lt A C Cochrane DFC (RAF)(Can) was missing, presumed killed.

Flight Lieutenant Cochrane, a very experienced fighter pilot, had flown Gladiator aircraft with 263 Sqn during 1939/40 and flew Hurricane aircraft with 257 Sqn in the Battle of Britain. He was an ace and was credited with 6 German and 1 Italian aircraft destroyed (www.acesofww2.com, malcolm_raf ww.rafcommands.com).

Flight Lieutenant Cochrane has no known grave and is commemorated on the Malta War Memorial.

Flight Lieutenant Cochrane was BROTHER to Squadron Leader Homer Powell Cochrane DFC MiD (RAF)(Can) who was also an ace fighter pilot and survived the war.