Cotton, Jesse Ernest
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Jesse Ernest |
Surname | Cotton |
Gender | M |
Age | 31 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 22-11-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Harold Ernest and Bertha Anne Cotton, of Newhall. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | NP953 |
Markings | C8-G G-George |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Swadlincote (Newhall and Stanton) Burial Ground |
Grave Reference | Plot E. Grave 3. |
Epitaph | HE DID HIS DUTY AS OTHERS DID AND DIED FOR HIS COUNTRY WITH A HEART BRAVE TRUE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 149 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1898325 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 640 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Normandy Barracks, Leconfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Metal Sculpture Brick Pillars and Inscribed Sqn Badges |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those who flew from RAF Leconfield, including 640 Sqn |
Location | Memorial Gardens, Beverley, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone, Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those of 640 Sqn who were killed during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2216/22 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2157/21 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 21-11-1944 |
End Date | 22-11-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Leconfield |
Day/Night Raid | Night (35% moon) |
Operation | Sterkrade |
Reason for Loss | On landing at Carnaby (presumably due to some problems with the aircraft), NP953 was damaged in a collision with a 51 Sqn Halifax, whose propeller cut into the rear gunner's position of G-George, killing the rear gunner Sgt J E Cotton. |