Sqn Ldr L F Cooper 33231 86 Sqn(?) 24/10/1943

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  1. nicks

    nicks Very Senior Member

    I have been looking into the circumstances surrounding the loss Squadron Leader Lelsie Frank Cooper on 24/10/1943. His name is recorded on the Runnymede Memorial and on his father’s headstone in a local churchyard, I also have a newspaper announcement dated 15/11/1943 stating that he is missing. I have found an online reference that he was lost whilst piloting an 86 Squadron Liberator operating from Ballykelly however the sqn ORB has no record of any aircraft lost on 24/10/1943.

    Can anybody offer any pointers.
     
    nicks, Jul 22, 2017
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  2. RAFCommands

    RAFCommands Senior Member

    Liberator FL954.

    Crashed into Lough Foyle after take off from Ballykelly at 01:52 hrs

    Ross
     
    RAFCommands, Jul 22, 2017
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  3. nicks

    nicks Very Senior Member

    Thank you, Ross.
     
    nicks, Jul 22, 2017
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    nicks Very Senior Member

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