Alfred Frank Cooper

‘Stirling III EF151 took off Winthorpe at 0300 for general training. Lost power from the port outer which was feathered and on return to base the wheels only partly lowered. Sgt Docherty also experienced problems with the trimmers and subsequently the bomber crashed at 0630 after flying into trees at Glebe Farm Brough, a village on the Lincs/Notts border some 2 miles north east of the airfield. Two were taken to Newark General Howspital where, not long after being admitted, Sgt Venables died. He is buried in Wales, Sgt Munro at Oxford, Cooper in the East London Cemetery. Less than two months later, Sgt Humphreys, RAAF, perished in an horrific mid-air collision involving two Lancasters from 463 and 625 Squadrons.’ WR Chorley, Bomber Command Losses Vol.8 p.84

Three fatalities: Sgt AF Cooper, Sgt WGA Venables, WO2 GC Munro. Four survivors: Sgt E Docherty, Flt/Sgt FC Biddle, Sgt R Southey, Sgt AS Humphreys

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