Cockaday, Cecil William (Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1943-March-29

Sergeant Cecil William Cockaday RCAF

Birth Date: 1921

Born:

Parents: Arthur John & Lillian Brooks Cockaday, of London, Ontario.

Spouse: Gladys Marie Cockaday, of London.

Home: St Thomas, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

420 (B) Sqn- Squadron
Pugnamus Finitum We fight to the finish

Base

RAF Middleton St. George

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Navigator

Service Numbers

R/99552

Temporary Burial
Google MapDusseldorf, Germany

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial
Google MapReichswald Forest War Cemetery
grave 10 C 16

Took off at 19:33 from Middleton St. George in Wellington Mk X (Sqn code PT-? Bomber Command) on an operation to Messkausen Germany.

Aircraft failed to return. Means of loss not found.

Killed: Sergeant Roy Leonard Brandlow RCAF R/134525 pilot KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 10. C. 15. Sergeant Cecil William Cockaday RCAF R/99552 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 10. C. 16. Flight Sergeant James Miller Greer RCAF R/125227 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 10. C. 17. Flight Sergeant Howard Cephus Sleep RCAF R/129209 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 10. C. 14. Sergeant Leonard Gordon Jones RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 10. C. 18.

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