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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Spencer Waddy Cook

Hometown

Santa Fe, Tennessee

Honored By

A Grateful American

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF FLYING OFFICER AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. EARNED HIS PILOT'S FLYING BADGE AT NO. 2 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL, UPLANDS (OTTAWA), ONTARIO ON APRIL 16, 1943. KILLED IN ACTION AT THE AGE OF 34 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 101 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS METROPOLITAN-VICKERS LANCASTER MK. 1 (ME613) CRASHED AT DRUNEN, NORTH BRABANT, THE NETHERLANDS DURING A BOMBING RAID TO WESSELING, GERMANY ON JUNE 22, 1944. BURIED AT BERGEN OP ZOOM CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, BERGEN OP ZOOM, NORTH BRABANT, THE NETHERLANDS.