Birth Date: 1923-August-22
Born: Pembroke, Ontario
John J. Cotter & Marie Cotter
Home: Pembroke, Ontario (parents)
Enlistment: Ottawa, Ontario
Enlistment Date: 1941-09-08
Service
RCAF
Unit
48 (MP) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Forte Et Fidele By strength and faithfulness
Base
RAF Gibraltar
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Position
Flight Sergeant
Service Numbers
R/125780
Took off from Gibraltar to practice rocket firing at targets in the sea.
Aircraft crashed into the sea 15 miles east of Gibraltar during the practice.
Killed includes Cotter: Flight Sergeant Stanley Maynard Craig RCAF R/125457 KIFA Malta Memorial Panel 11, Column 1. Flight Sergeant Gordon John McFadyean RAF KIFA Malta Memorial Panel 7, Column 2. Flight Sergeant Paul Newns RAF KIFA Malta Memorial Panel 7, Column 2.
The Lockheed Hudson was an American-built light bomber and coastal reconnaissance aircraft built initially for the Royal Air Force (RAF) shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War and primarily operated by the RAF thereafter. The Hudson served throughout the war, mainly with Coastal Command, but also in transport and training roles, as well as delivering agents into occupied France. They were also used extensively with the Royal Canadian Air Force's (RCAF) anti-submarine squadrons. National Air Force Museum of Canada.
Pembroke, Ontario (parents)
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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