Cooke, Aubrey Stanley
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Aubrey Stanley |
Surname | Cooke |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 18-08-1943 |
Next of Kin | Hailed from Wichita Falls, Texas. Repatriated To The U.S.A. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | de Havilland Mosquito IV |
Serial Number | DZ379 |
Markings | XD- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | USA |
Burial/Memorial Place | San Antonio National Cemetery, Texas |
Grave Reference | Sec. P.H. Grave 14 |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 147 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 132914 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 139 (Jamaica) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United States of America |
Other Memorials
Location | RAF Wyton Memorial Garden, Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the Pathfinder Sqns operating from RAF Wyton, 1942-1945 |
Miscellaneous Information
He was an American and his body was exhumed after the war and returned to his home state of Texas |
On the strength of 15 Sqn, according to CWGC records, probably because the records had not caught up with his recent posting. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/960/26 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/960/25 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 17-08-1943 |
End Date | 18-08-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Wyton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (93% moon) |
Operation | Berlin- diversionary raid in support of Peenemünde |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Berge, WNW of Nauen. This was their third operation with the squadron. |