Cooper, Jack (Warrant Officer 2nd Class)

Killed in Action 1943-May-29

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Jack Cooper RCAF

Birth Date: 1924-November-26

Born: Ottawa, Ontario

Parents: Maurice & Mildred Cooper

Spouse:

Home: Ottawa, Ontario (parents)

Enlistment: Ottawa, Ontario

Enlistment Date: 1941-May-15

Service

RCAF

Unit

158 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Strength In Unity

Base

RAF Lissett

Rank

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

R/96182

Home
Google MapOttawa, Ontario (parents)
Target
Google MapWuppertal Germany
Final Burial
Google MapCWG Cemetery
Coll grave 4 C 12-17

Took off from Lissett at 23:13 in Halifax Mk II (Sqn code NP-E Bomber Command) on an operation to Wuppertal Germany.

Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at 02:00 on the right hand side of the road between Leopoldsburg and Kerkhoven (Limburg) Belgium.

Killed includes Cooper: Flight Sergeant William Mason Ellis RCAF R/95905 KIA Heverlee War Cemetery Coll. grave 4. C. 12-17. Flying Officer Roy Charles Cornelius RAF KIA Ben M'sik European Cemetery Morocco Plot 59A. Row 1. Grave 5. Sergeant Fred Dykes RAF KIA Heverlee War Cemetery Coll. grave 4. C. 12-17. Flying Officer Wallace Clifford Luther RAF KIA Heverlee War Cemetery grave 4. C. 11. Sergeant Harry Simpson RAF KIA Heverlee War Cemetery Coll. grave 4. C. 12-17. Flying Officer Derrick Roy Woodroffe RAF KIA Heverlee War Cemetery Coll. grave 4. C. 12-17. Sergeant Horace Derrick Young RAF KIA Heverlee War Cemetery Coll. grave 4. C. 12-17.

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)