Cole, John Arthur (Flying Officer)

Took off from Breighton at 22:52 in Halifax Mk III (Sqn code EY-E Bomber Command) on an operation to bomb the railway station and yard at Juvisy France.

Hit by flak and exploded in mid-air, flaming debris falling between Corbell- Essones and Courances a village some 10 km away.

Killed includes Cole: Flying Officer Leonard Gold RCAF J/26287 KIA Corbeil Communal Cemetery Plot 4. Row 10. Grave 1.] Sergeant Dennis Courances Communal Cemetery Grave 6. F/Lt Thomas Neish Watters Bisset RAF KIA Courances Communal Cemetery Grave 1. Sergeant George Norman Cribbin RAF KIA Courances Communal Cemetery Grave 3. Sergeant Terence Newman RAF KIA Courances Communal Cemetery Grave 5. Sergeant Harry Tattler RAF KIA Courances Communal Cemetery Grave 4.