Cooke, Matthew John Goldie
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Matthew John Goldie |
Surname | Cooke |
Gender | M |
Age | 26 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 05-10-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Leo Goldie Cooke and Hilda Mary Cooke, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | JW886 |
Markings | QY-N |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Chester (Blacon) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. A. Grave 938. |
Epitaph | AT REST |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 148 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/35898 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 1666 HCU |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Gregory Minster, Kirkdale, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | RoH |
Memorial Text | A memorial to the Canadian Airmen who flew from RAF Wombleton during WW2, including 1666 HCU |
Location | Roadside location, Wombleton, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed stone pillar and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial to the Canadian Airmen who flew from RAF Wombleton during WW2, including 1666 HCU |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 04-10-1944 |
End Date | 05-10-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Wombleton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (89% moon) |
Operation | Training- night cross-country exercise |
Reason for Loss | The starboard inner engine failed early in the sortie but the crew decided to press on. Two and a half hours later the starboard outer also cut out , probably due to lack of fuel. Crashed at Blackley, Manchester after only three of the crew had baled out. |