Arthur Walvin Cooper
Service number
1819819
Military unit
117 Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address
Westgate House, Westgate, Mansfield.
Date of birth
08 May 1924
Date of death
27 Jun 1945 (21 years old)
Place of birth
Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Employment, education or hobbies
Unknown
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Family history
Youngest son of George and Alice Cooper of Westgate House, Westgate, Mansfield.
Siblings: Jane (1903), Samuel (1906), Annie (1910), William (1912), Ada (1915), George (1918) and Gladys (1919).
In 1939 George and Alice where the club stewards for The Westgate House.
Military history
RAF Commands: Dakota IV, serial number KN602:
Wireless operator.
Crashed near Teknauf, Burma after turning back from a transit flight from Kyaukpyu to Chittagong in bad weather. 22 passengers as well as the crew died. They ditched in the Bay of Bengal.
Extra information
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Photographs
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