Cockwill, Wilfred Glen (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-January-03

Flying Officer Wilfred Glen Cockwill RCAF

Birth Date: 1920-July-11

Born: Balgonie, Saskatchewan

Parents: John & Jessie Cockwill.

Spouse: Geraldine Cockwill, of Regina, Saskatchewan.

Home: Balgonie, Saskatchewan

Enlistment: Regina, Saskatchewan

Enlistment Date: 1942-February-20

Service

RCAF

Unit

57 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Corpus Non Animum Muto I change my body, not my spirit

Base

RAF East Kirby

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

J/23605
Prev: R/155590

Home
Google MapBalgonie, Saskatchewan
Target
Google MapBerlin Germany
Final Burial
Google MapBerlin War Cemetery
Plot 14 Row D Grave 4

Took off from East Kirkby at 23:40 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code DX-M Bomber Command) on an operation to Berlin Germany.

Shot down (means not found) and crashed in the target area.

Killed includes Cockwill: Flying Officer David Allan Shewan RCAF J/21455 pilot KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery grave 14. D. 2. Sergeant Abraham Cohen RAF KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Coll. grave 14. D. 5-8. Sergeant Derek Arthur Dixon RAF KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery grave 14. D. 1. Sergeant Eryl Rowlands Hughes RAF KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Coll. grave 14. D. 5-8. Flight Sergeant Ronald Stevenson RAF KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery grave 14. D. 3.

POW: Sergeant Percy John Barraball RAF POW Stalag 9C Muhlhausen.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

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