Cook, William Henry (Flight Sergeant)

Took off from Killingholme at 16:31 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code BQ-N Bomber Command) to bomb the Prosper Benzol Plant at Bottrop Germany.

Shot down by a night fighter (outbound) and crashed at Nieuweweg road, Westerbeek, Noord-Brabant, Holland.

Killed: Flight Sergeant William Henry Cook RCAF K/270515 KIA Westerbeek Roman Catholic Cemetery Oploo Row 1. Grave 3. Flight Sergeant Lorne Clifford Taerum RCAF R/278581 KIA Westerbeek Roman Catholic Cemetery Row 1. Grave 2. Sergeant Jack Holding RAF KIA Westerbeek Roman Catholic Cemetery Row 1. Grave 4. WO William Johnson Howson RAF KIA Westerbeek Roman Catholic Cemetery Row 1. Grave 5. Sergeant James Frederick Moyle RAF KIA Westerbeek Roman Catholic Cemetery Row 1. Grave 1. F/O Robert George Nye RAF KIA Westerbeek Roman Catholic Cemetery Row 1. Grave 6. Sergeant Charles Stuart RAF KIA Westerbeek Roman Catholic Cemetery Row 1. Grave 7.