Birth Date: 1924
Born:
Parents: Charles Emerson Cook & Dorothy Margaret Cook
Spouse:
Home: St Thomas, Ontario (parents)
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
1 OTU- Operational Training Unit
Base
RCAF Stn. Bagotville, Quebec
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/28742
Took off from Bagotville on a routine training flight.
Aircraft crashed near St. Thomas Ontario killing both occupants.
Killed: Pilot Officer William Emerson Cook RCAF instructor pilot KIFA St. Thomas, Ontario. Pilot Officer Roy William Barnard Frost RAF trainee pilot KIFA St. Thomas, Ontario.
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-August-19. Harvard IIB s/n FE501 (formerly 501).
This accident involved 2 people. Cook WE, Frost RB
This accident had 2 fatalities. Pilot Officer William Emerson Cook RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/28742 Harvard FE501, Pilot Officer Roy William Barnard Frost RAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:152403 Harvard FE501
St Thomas, Ontario (parents)
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Bagotville QC
Project 44 BCATP
YouTube - Valour Canada Aerodrome of Democracy