Cohen, Herbert Cyril (Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1943-December-20

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Birth Date: 1921

Born:

Parents: Joseph Cyril & Ethel Elizabeth Cohen

Spouse:

Home: Walthamstow, Essex, England (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

76 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Resolute

Base

RAF Holme-on Spalding-Moor

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Wireless Operator/Air Gunner

Service Numbers

1321547

Home
Google MapWalthamstow, Essex, England (parents)
Target
Google MapFrankfurt Germany
Memorial Location
Google MapRunnymede Memorial Surrey
Panel 145

Took off from Holme-on-Spalding Moor at 16:39 in Halifax Mk V (Sqn code MP-C Bomber Command) on an operation to Frankfurt Germany.

Hit by Marine Flak on return and crashed in the sea.

Killed includes Cohen: Flight Sergeant David Stuart McClelland RCAF R/166291 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 183. Flight Sergeant John Alexander Lamp RNZAF KIA Castricum Protestant Churchyard Holland Plot J. Coll. grave 3. Flight Sergeant Lorin James Sheean RAAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 193. Flight Sergeant Leslie Frederick Gillingham RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 136. Flight Sergeant Charles William Matthews RAF pilot KIA Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery Holland grave 28. B. 3. Sergeant Ronald Frederick Taylor RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 166.

Commonwealth War Grave Commission International Bomber Command Centre

Crew or Other Personnel

Halifax LK926

Sergeant Herbert Cyril Cohen RAFVR

Sergeant Cohen, Herbert Cyril (RAFVR)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-December-20
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Flight Sergeant Leslie Frederick Gillingham RAFVR

Flight Sergeant Gillingham, Leslie Frederick (RAFVR)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1943-December-20
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Flight Sergeant John Alexander Lamb RNZAF

Flight Sergeant Lamb, John Alexander (RNZAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1943-December-20
Castricum Protestant Churchyard, Noor-Holland, Netherlands

Flight Sergeant Charles William Matthews RAFVR

Flight Sergeant Matthews, Charles William (RAFVR)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1943-December-20
Canadian War Cemetery, Bergen-op-Zoom War Cemetery, Ruytershoveweg, Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands

Flight Sergeant David Stuart McClelland RCAF

Flight Sergeant McClelland, David Stuart (RCAF)
Air Gunner (Mid-Upper)
Killed in Action
1943-December-20
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Flight Sergeant Lorin James Sheean RAAF

Flight Sergeant Sheean, Lorin James (RAAF)
Wireless/Air Gunner (Rear)
Killed in Action
1943-December-20
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Sergeant Ronald Frederick Taylor RAFVR

Sergeant Taylor, Ronald Frederick (RAFVR)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Action
1943-December-20
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK