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Mosquito HR139 LA-U
 235 Sqn
Date :  14 août 1944
 Mission : Reconnaissance maritime jusqu’à l’estuaire de la Gironde
Décollage :  Portreath entre 18:15 et 19:05
Causes de la perte :  
Lieu de la perte :
  en mer au S-W de Vannes
Royaume Uni Sqn Ldr Alec Ernest COOK
 Pil RAF VR 74329 KIA Distinguished-Flying-Crossmentioned in dispatches
Royaume Uni Flt Lt Stanley Harrison PYRAH Nav RAF 122971 KIA
Distinguished Flying Cross.
Acting Squadron Leader Alec Ernest COOK (74329), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, No. 235 Squadron.
This officer has led his section on numerous fighter escorts in June, 1942, when escorting one of our convoys he shot down a Junkers 88, which attempted to attack. He also took part in a fighter escort during a recent air attack on an Italian naval force. Squadron Leader Cook is a courageous and determined leader.
SECOND SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE of TUESDAY, the 14th of JULY, 1942.