Cockburn, George Hamilton (Warrant Officer 1st Class)

Killed in Action 1943-October-08

Warrant Officer 1st Class George Hamilton Cockburn RCAF

Birth Date: 1920

Born:

Parents: Roy & Agnes McInnis Cockburn

Spouse: Yvette Godfroid Cockburn, of Sturgeon Falls.

Home: Sturgeon Falls, Ontario (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

99 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Quisque Tenax Each tenacious

Base

Rank

Warrant Officer 1st Class

Position

Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/69365

Home
Google MapSturgeon Falls, Ontario (parents)
Temporary Burial
Google MapChristian Cemetery, Jespore, India

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial
Google MapChittagong War Cemetery
grave 3 D 6

Wellington Mk X HE-714 blew a tire on take-off, went off the runway, hitting a ditch and was destroyed when the bomb load exploded at Jespore, India.

Killed includes Cockburn: Warrant Officer Class 1 Victor Emile Cook RCAF R/87337 KIA Chittagong War Cemetery grave 3. D. 2. Flying Officer Garnet Henry Hamilton RCAF J/17912 pilot KIA Chittagong War Cemetery grave 3. D. 3. Flight Sergeant Edward Eugene Chalk RAF KIA Chittagong War Cemetery grave 3. D. 4. Sergeant Eric Stanton Foskett RAF KIA Chittagong War Cemetery grave 3. D. 1. Flight Sergeant William Charles Smith RAF KIA Chittagong War Cemetery grave 3. D. 5.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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