Cook, Herbert
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Herbert |
Surname | Cook |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 01-01-1945 |
Next of Kin |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | de Havilland Mosquito XVI |
Serial Number | MM124 |
Markings | 8K-U |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Summerseat (Rowlands) Methodist Churchyard, Ramsbottom, Lancs |
Grave Reference | Row D. Grave 70. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 147 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1054100 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 571 |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Hilton House Hotel, Hilton, Derbyshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Blue Plaque on external wall |
Memorial Text | Air Commodore Herbert Martin Massey CBE DSO MC 1898-1976 Senior British Officer at Stalag Luft III Sagan who authorised 'The Great Escape' was born here. Hilton and Marston History Group |
Location | All Saints Church, Longstanton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | In honour of 571 (Mosquito) Sqn. aircrew of RAF Oakington 1944 - 1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2047/26 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2044/19 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 01-01-1945 |
End Date | 02-01-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Oakington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (88% moon) |
Operation | Hanau. One of 28 Mosquitoes in a 'spoof' raid |
Reason for Loss | Broke through cloud on return and collided with trees at Stetchworth, east of Cambridge |