Cooper, Edgar Harvey (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1945-January-01

Pilot Officer Edgar Harvey Cooper RCAF

Birth Date: 1924

Born:

Parents: Oliver & Bertha Cooper

Spouse:

Home: Washago, Ontario (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

9 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Per Noctem Volamus Through out the night we fly

Base

RAF Bardney Lincolnshire

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Air Gunner

Service Numbers

J/92339
Prev: R/200401

Home
Google MapWashago, Ontario (parents)
Target
Google MapDortmund Germany
Final Burial
Google MapStonefall Cemetery
Sec H Row D Grave 14

Took off from Bardney and aircraft crashed almost immediately, due to loss of power on one or both port engines.

The Lanc caught fire on hitting the ground and the bomb load exploded.

Killed includes Cooper: Flying Officer Clifford Sinclair Newton RCAF J/87580 pilot KIA Stonefall Cemetery, Harrowgate Sec. H. Row D. Grave 16. Pilot Officer Robert Slade Stevens RCAF S/92546 KIA Stonefall Cemetery Sec. H. Row D. Grave 15. Sergeant Colin Booth RAF KIA Brighouse Cemetery Sec. F. Cons. Grave 498. Pilot Officer Percy Grant RAF KIA London Road Cemetery, Mitcham Plot 31. Grave 2547. Sergeant Lawrence Gerard Kelly RAF KIA Greenacres Cemetery, Oldham Sec. D. Row 1.B. Grave 140.

POWs: Pilot Officer R C Flynn RAF POW camp not listed.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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