World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Audrey Stanley Cooke
Hometown
Wichita Falls, Texas
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO HELD THE RANK OF FLYING OFFICER AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE VOLUNTEER RESERVE. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS CREW AT THE AGE OF 24 WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 139 'JAMAICA' SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS DE HAVILLAND MOSQUITO FB. MK. IV (DZ279) WAS ATTACKED BY A LUFTWAFFE NIGHT-FIGHTER AND CRASHED NEAR BERGE, GERMANY DURING A BOMBING RAID TO BERLIN ON AUGUST 18, 1943. BURIED AT FORT SAM HOUSTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.