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Name: G D COOK
Rank: Temp Midshipman (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 759 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Heron, Yeovilton
Date of death: 1942-04-08
Aircraft: Sea Hurricane Ib P 3398
Place of death: North East of Yeovilton, Somerset
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: YEOVILTON (ST. BARTHOLOMEW) CHURCHYARD, Somerset
Commemoration details: Plot M. Grave 10
Family details: Son of Reginald George and Mary Dorothy Cook, of New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
Rank: Temp Midshipman (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 759 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Heron, Yeovilton
Date of death: 1942-04-08
Aircraft: Sea Hurricane Ib P 3398
Place of death: North East of Yeovilton, Somerset
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: YEOVILTON (ST. BARTHOLOMEW) CHURCHYARD, Somerset
Commemoration details: Plot M. Grave 10
Family details: Son of Reginald George and Mary Dorothy Cook, of New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
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