Cook, Stephen Astley
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Stephen Astley |
Surname | Cook |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 28-05-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of David and Lillias McGregor Cook, of Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ND802 |
Markings | AA-D |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Gilze-en-Rijen (Gilze) Roman Catholic Churchyard |
Grave Reference | Grave 2. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 147 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 421142 |
Service | Royal New Zealand Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 75 (NZ) |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | New Zealand |
Other Memorials
Location | A142 Mepal, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Piller and Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | Former site of RAF Mepal. Home to No 75 (New Zealand) Sqn, No 3 Gp, Bomber Command, 1943-1945 |
Location | Village Centre, Mepal, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | A stone memorial, donated by former members of 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF stationed at Mepal between 1943 and 1945 |
Location | St. Andrews Church, Sutton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Roll of Honour in Wooden Case with brass plaque |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour. Plaque, Presented by 75(NZ) Sqn Association - UK Branch in memory of Comrades named in the Roll of Honour |
Location | St. Marys Church, Feltwell, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Piller and Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | A memorial to 75 (NZ) Sqn, RAF. Formed at RAF Feltwell in April 1940 and flew from there until June 1942. The Sqn number was presented to New Zealand becoming 75 Sqn RNZAF in October 1946 until its disbanding in December 2001. |
Location | Newmarket Racecourse, Newmarket, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | Remembering No 75 (New Zealand) Sqn, No 3 Gp Bomber Command. RAF Newmarket Heath, November 1942 - June 1943 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/647/10 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/647/9 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 27-05-1944 |
End Date | 28-05-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Mepal |
Day/Night Raid | Night (31% moon) |
Operation | Aachen. 170 aircraft t attack the Rothe Erde railway yards. 12 Lancasters Lost (7.0%). This target did not sustain sufficient damage in the raid of two night previous and so was attacked again on this night. This time significant damage was inflicted, preventing any through-traffic. The suburb of Forst was also 'razed to the ground' according to a local source. The local hospital, some army buildings and 21 industrial buildings were hit along with 613 homes. 167 people were killed and 167 injured. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Gilze en Riken, WNE of Tulburg, Holland |