Cole, Edward Mortimer (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1943-September-23

Flying Officer Edward Mortimer Cole RCAF

Birth Date: 1923

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Home: Sioux Lookout, Ontario

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Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

15 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Aim Sure

Base

RAF Mildenhall

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

J/20037
Prev: J/20039

Home
Google MapSioux Lookout, Ontario
Target
Google MapMannheim Germany
Final Burial
Google MapSoldaten Friedhof Alliierte Piloten 2WK
Coll grave 18 F 19-22

Took off from Mildenhall at 19:29 in Stirling Mk III (Sqn code LS-V Bomber Command) on an operation to Mannheim Germany.

Aircraft was coned by searchlights and engaged by a night fighter and by heavy Flak. The fighter collided with the Stirling and was abandoned by its pilot. Flak was credited with the victory with one survivor

Killed includes Cole: Flight Sergeant Lloyd Kenneth Raymond RCAF R/121029 KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 18. F. 19-22. Sergeant James Henry Anderton RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 18. F. 19-22. Sergeant Robert Francis Devitt RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 18. F. 19-22. Sergeant Hamilton John Thomas RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery grave 18. F. 18. Sergeant Joseph Alfred Town RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 18. F. 19-22.

POWs: Flying Officer Thomas Gordon Grant RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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