Cooper, Brian Edward (Flight Lieutenant)

Prisoner of War 1943-May-26

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Service

RAF

Unit

15 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Aim Sure

Base

RAF Mildenhall

Rank

Flight Lieutenant

Position

Navigator

Service Numbers

130589
PoW: 1770

Target
Google MapDusseldorf Germany

Took off from Mildenhall at 23:56 in Stirling Mk I (Sqn code LS-U Bomber Command) on an operation to Dusseldorf Germany.

Hit by flak at 01:32 when SW of the target and bombs were jettisoned two minutes later.

Killed: Sergeant Patrick Arnott RAF KIA Jonkerbos War Cemetery grave 24. A. 3. Sergeant Ronald William Pittard RAF KIA Jonkerbos War Cemetery grave 24. A. 1. Flight Sergeant Jack Oliphant Wilson RAAF KIA Jonkerbos War Cemetery grave 24. A. 2.

POWs includes Cooper: Sergeant Everett Franklin Seabolt RCAF R/121828 Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug. Sergeant Sidney John Maxted RAF POW Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe).

Footprints on the Sands of Time, RAF Bomber Command Prisoners of War in Germany 1939-45 by Oliver Clutton-Brock page 270

Crew or Other Personnel

Stirling BK611

Sergeant Patrick Arnott RAFVR

Sergeant Arnott, Patrick (RAFVR)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1943-May-26
Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen, Netherlands

Flight Lieutenant Brian Edward Cooper RAF

Flight Lieutenant Cooper, Brian Edward (RAF)
Navigator
Prisoner of War
1943-May-26
cemetery unknown

Flight Sergeant Arthur William Edgley RAF

Flight Sergeant Edgley, Arthur William (RAF)
Air Gunner (Rear)
Prisoner of War
1943-May-26
cemetery unknown

Sergeant Sidney John Maxted RAF

Sergeant Maxted, Sidney John (RAF)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Prisoner of War
1943-May-26
cemetery unknown

Sergeant Ronald William Pittard RAFVR

Sergeant Pittard, Ronald William (RAFVR)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Action
1943-May-26
Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen, Netherlands

Sergeant Everett Franklin Seabolt RCAF

Sergeant Seabolt, Everett Franklin (RCAF)
Air Gunner (Mid-Upper)
Prisoner of War
1943-May-26
cemetery unknown

Flight Sergeant Jack Oliphant Wilson RAAF

Flight Sergeant Wilson, Jack Oliphant (RAAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1943-May-26
Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen, Netherlands

Mission

Stirling Mk. l BK611

Bombing 1943-May-25 to 1943-May-26

15 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Mildenhall

15 Squadron (Aim Sure) RAF Mildenhall. Short Stirling I aircraft BK 611 LS-U nicknamed "Te-Kooti" was struck by flak during the run-in to bomb targets in Dusseldorf, Germany and jettisoned their bomb-load. Control of the aircraft was regained and turned for home but the Stirling crash-landed west of the River Maas near Venlo, Holland with the loss of three aircrew members

FS JO Wilson (RAAF), Sergeant RW Pittard (RAFVR) and Sergeant P Arnott (RAFVR) were killed in action

Sergeant EF Seabolt (RCAF) baled after the flak hit, survived and was taken as Prisoner of War

Flight Lieutenant BE Cooper (RAF), Sergeant SJ Maxted (RAF) and Sergeant AW Edgley (RAF) survived and evaded for a time but all were eventually arrested and became Prisoners of War

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