Cosgrove, Joseph Patrick (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-04-19

Pilot Officer Joseph Patrick Cosgrove RCAF

Birth Date: 1920-March-13

Born: Montreal River, Ontario

Edward Thomas Cosgrove & Jamina Cosgrove

Home: Montreal River, Ontario (parents)

Enlistment: North Bay, Ontario

Enlistment Date: 1941-09-24

Service

RCAF

Unit

625 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
We Avenge

Base

RAF Kelstern

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Pilot Officer

Service Numbers

J/85244

Target
Google MapRouen France
Final Burial
Google MapStonefall Cemetery
Sec B Row A Grave 14

Took off from Kelstern at 22:16 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code CF-? Bomber Command) on an operation to attack the railway yards at Rouen France.

On final approach to Kelstern, the aircraft was shot down by a German intruder aircraft and crashed at Swinthorpe Brats, Binbrook, Lincoln, England.

Killed includes Cosgrove:Sergeant David Henry Beechey RAF KIA Louth Cemetery Compt. 171. Grave 155.Sergeant Alfred Bennett RAF KIA Islington Cemetery And Crematorium Sec. Z. Grave 17526. (Screen Wall Panel 1)Sergeant Geoffrey Eugene Jeeves RAF KIA St. Leonard Churchyard Heston Old Ground. Grave 26N.Flight Sergeant Richard Arthur Mercer RAF KIA Cambridge City Cemetery Grave 14561.Sergeant Charles John Page RAF KIA Rippleside Cemetery Braking Sec. Q. Grave 1005.Sergeant Cyril Williams RAF KIA St John The Baptist's Church, West Wickham, Kent.

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