Cole, Frank Murray (Warrant Officer 2nd Class)

Killed in Action 1943-August-03

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Frank Murray Cole RCAF

Birth Date: 1918

Born:

Parents: Sidney M. & Harriet Eleanor Cole

Spouse:

Home: Vancouver, British Columbia (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

100 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Sarang Tebuan Jangan Dijolok Malay

Base

RAF Grimsby

Rank

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Position

Navigator

Service Numbers

R/118109

Home
Google MapVancouver, British Columbia (parents)
Target
Google MapHamburg Germany
Final Burial
Google MapNes General Cemetery
Plot D Row 13 Grave 3

Took off from Grimsby at 23:22 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code HW-A Bomber Command) on an operation to Hamburg Germany.

Shot down by a night fighter and crashed in the North Sea 10 km N of Ameland, Friesland, Holland.

Killed includes Cole: F/Lt James Anthony Patrick Drummond RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 119. Sergeant Reginald Harbour RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 152. Flight Sergeant Hugh Martin Matheson RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 138. Sergeant Herbert William Charles Simms RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 164. Sergeant John Tarver RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 166. Pilot Officer Allan Ralph Wilden RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 134.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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