Cooke, Leonard Frank (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1942-May-31

Flight Sergeant Leonard Frank Cooke RCAF

Birth Date: 1922-June-01

Born:

Parents: William & Elizabeth Cooke

Spouse:

Home: Brantford, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

156 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
We Light The Way

Base

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Wireless Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/70432

Home
Google MapBrantford, Ontario
Target
Google MapCologne Germany
Final Burial
Google MapGeneral Cemetery
Coll grave 2-3

Took off from Alconbury at 23:55 in Wellington Mk Ic (Sqn code GT-V Bomber Command) on the first 1000 plane raid of the war.

Home-bound, the aircraft was shot down by a night fighter and crashed off the Lindeseweg road at Vorden, Gelderland, Holland.

Killed includes Cooke only Canadian: Sergeant Raymond Cately RAF KIA Vorden General Cemetery Grave 4. Sergeant James Herbert Holmes RAF KIA Vorden General Cemetery Coll. grave 2-3. Sergeant Peter Gordon Arthur Malin RAF KIA Vorden General Cemetery Coll. grave 2-3. Sergeant Ronald Peel RAF KIA Vorden General Cemetery Grave 1.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)