Cook, Victor Emile (Warrant Officer 1st Class)

Killed in Action 1943-October-08

Warrant Officer 1st Class Victor Emile Cook RCAF

Birth Date: 1921

Born:

Parents: Victor Francis & Marie Cook, of Kamloops, BC

Spouse:

Home: Vancouver, British Columbia

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

99 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Quisque Tenax Each tenacious

Base

RAF Jespore India

Rank

Warrant Officer 1st Class

Position

Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/87337

Home
Google MapVancouver, British Columbia
Temporary Burial
Google MapChristian Cemetery, Jespore

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial
Google MapChittagong War Cemetery
grave 3 D 2

Attempted to take off from Jespore in Wellington Mk X on a bombing operation.

Went off the runway, hitting a ditch and was destroyed when the bomb load exploded. No Survivors.

Killed includes Cook: Warrant Officer Class 1 George Hamilton Cockburn RCAF R/69365 KIA Chittagong War Cemetery Bangladesh grave 3. D. 6. Flying Officer Garnet Henry Hamilton RCAF J/17912 pilot KIA Chittagong War Cemetery grave 3. D. 3. Flight Sergeant Edward Eugene Chalk RAF KIA Chittagong War Cemetery grave 3. D. 4. Sergeant Eric Stanton Foskett RAF KIA Chittagong War Cemetery grave 3. D. 1. Flight Sergeant William Charles Smith RAF KIA Chittagong War Cemetery grave 3. D. 5.

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)