Cook, Charles Owen (Warrant Officer 2nd Class)

Killed in Action 1943-February-18

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Charles Owen Cook RCAF

Birth Date: 1916

Born:

Parents: Stanley B. Cook, & of Mamie E. Cook

Spouse:

Home: Waterville, King's County, Nova Scotia (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

69 (MB) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
With Vigilance We Serve

Base

RAF Malta

Rank

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Position

Wireless Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/76061

Home
Google MapWaterville, King's County, Nova Scotia (parents)
Memorial Location
Google MapMalta War Memorial
Panel 10 Column 2

The Baltimore served exclusively in the Mediterranean war theatre.

Took off from Malta on a mission to Southern Italy. Aircraft failed to return, means of it's loss were not found.

Killed: Warrant Officer Class 2 James Leslie Joseph Conway RCAF R/56368 KIA Malta Memorial Panel 10, Column 2. Warrant Officer Class 2 Charles Owen Cook RCAF R/76061 KIA Malta Memorial Panel 10, Column 2. Pilot Officer John Stephen Milne RAF KIA Malta Memorial [Ref : Panel 7, Column 1. Pilot Officer Robert Nash RAF KIA Catania War Cemetery, Sicily grave I. K. 46.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

www.findagrave.com

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Baltimore serial: AG816

A Royal Air Force Martin Baltimore IV/V bomber. Most aircraft were delivered to Commonwealth countries, a few were kept in the U.S. under the USAAF designation A-30.
USAAF - Official U.S. Air Force photo 051122-F-1234P-023

The Martin 187 Baltimore was a twin-engined light attack bomber built by the Glenn L. Martin Company in the United States as the A-30. The model was originally ordered by the French in May 1940 as a follow-up to the earlier Martin Maryland, then in service in France. With the fall of France, the production series was diverted to Great Britain and after mid-1941, supplied by the U.S. as Lend Lease equipment.

Development of the Baltimore was hindered by a series of problems, although the type eventually became a versatile combat aircraft. Produced in large numbers, the Baltimore was not used operationally by United States armed forces but eventually served with the British, Canadian, Australian, South African, Hellenic and the Italian air forces. it was subsequently used almost exclusively in the Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II. Wikipedia

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