LEST WE FORGET
Warrant Officer Allan Alfred COOK
Service No: 414907
Born: Brisbane QLD, 21 March 1922
Enlisted in the RAAF: 6 December 1941
Unit: No. 13 Operational Training Unit (RAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 13 Operational Training Unit Mitchell aircraft FV986), Nottinghamshire, 24 July 1944, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Maurice Alfred and Hannah Stacey Cook, of Sarina, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Wooloowin QLD
Remembered: Panel 259, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey UK
Remembered: Panel 120, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
In the early hours of the morning on 24 July 1944 Mitchell FV986 took off from RAF Station Bichester on an operational training flight. The aircraft crashed at Chilwell about 3 miles south west of Nottingham at 0230 hours. The aircraft disintegrated on hitting the ground and all the crew members were killed.
The crew members of FV986 were:
Warrant Officer Allan Alfred Cook (414907) (Wireless Operator Air)
Sergeant Norman Angus Hartrick (R/224413) (RCAF) (Air Gunner)
Flying Officer Alan Martin Montgomery (430040) (Pilot)
Flying Officer Ronald Frederick Stephens (423264) (Observer)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/8/564