207 SQUADRON ROYAL AIR FORCE HISTORY

207 Squadron RAF Association - Monday May 9th 2005
CWGC Cemetery Leopoldsburg - The Cooke Crew

207 Sqn 12 Sep 1944 Lancaster LM261 EM-C: op Darmstadt Took off 2104 hrs RAF Spilsby. All were reported to have been buried originally in the US Military Cemetery at Les Fosses, Belgium. Pilot: F/O DC Cooke RAFVR Flt Eng: Sgt AH Davies RAFVR Navigator: F/O EJ Brian RCAF Bomb Aimer: F/O RB Gowan RCAF Wireless Op: W/O JM Bingham RAFVR Mid Upper: P/O WL Moxley RCAF Rear Gunner: P/O JJ Milne RCAF

Fred Pearce, Flight Mechanic for 3½ years on the wartime 207, lays the Cooke crew's wreath

	please click on headstone images for a larger image (and when that comes up, put your cursor on it to activate the expansion button for an even larger one) COOKE CREW EM-C LM261 COOKE, DAVID CLIFFORD Flying Officer (Pilot) RAFVR 207 Sqdn. Age: 31 died 12/09/1944 Service No: 162972 Son of the Revd. David Cooke and Clara A. Cooke, of Fulwood, Preston, Lancashire; husband of Kathleen Cooke. Grave/Memorial Reference: VII.E.14. Lancaster LM261 EM-C
	DAVIES, ARTHUR HENRY Sergeant (Flt. Engr.) RAFVR 207 Sqdn. Age: 21 died 12/09/1944 Service No: 1435786 Son of Arthur W. and Emily E. Davies, of Shoreditch, London. Grave/Memorial Reference: VII.E.11. Lancaster LM261 EM-C
image required	BRIAN, EDWARD JOSEPH Canadian Flying Officer (Nav.) RCAF 207 (R.A.F.) Sqdn Age: 27 died 12/09/1944 Service No: J/29586 Son of Michael Edward and Blanche M. Brian, of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Grave/Memorial Reference: VII.E.12. Lancaster LM261 EM-C
	BINGHAM, JOHN MICHAEL Warrant Officer (W. Op./Air Gnr.) RAFVR 207 Sqdn. Age: 23 died 12/09/1944 Service No: 941122 Son of Sydney 0. and Annie K. G. Bingham, of Shirland, Derbyshire. Grave/Memorial Reference: VII.E.13. Lancaster LM261 EM-C
	GOWAN, RONALD BURTIS Canadian Flying Officer (Air Bomber) RCAF 207 (R.A.F.) Sqdn Age: 21 died 12/09/1944 Service No: J/29680 Son of Burtis Clark Gowan, and of Mabel M. Gowan, of St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada. Grave/Memorial Reference: VII.E.15. Lancaster LM261 EM-C
	MOXLEY, WILBUR LEE Canadian Pilot Officer (Air Gnr.) RCAF 207 (R.A.F.) Sqdn Age: 19 died 12/09/1944 Service No: J/90227 Son of Lee Nathaniel and Edna Catherine Moxley, of Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada. Grave/Memorial Reference: VII.E.16. Lancaster LM261 EM-C
image required	MILNE, JOHN JOSEPH Canadian Pilot Officer RCAF 207 (R.A.F.) Sqdn Age: 30 died 12/09/1944 Service No: J/89413 Son of James and Elizabeth Milne; husband of Edna Theresa Milne, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Grave/Memorial Reference: VII.E.17. Lancaster LM261 EM-C

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