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Sergeant, Navigator, 1006396, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, No 97 Squadron, Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire. Son of Edward and Martha Cope of 115 Wakefield Road, Bradford, husband of Norah Cope (Nee Kendall of Oakworth), of 39 Grange Road, Riddlesden. He had been in the R.A.F for 3 Years and prior to enlistment was employed by Joseph Dawson, Cashmere Works, Bradford Killed in action in Lancaster aircraft, serial No R5502, coded QF-M, on operations to Nuremburg on the 28th August 1942, age 33. Shot down by a night fighter. The Lancaster crashed at Maurage, Belgium. (N.B Sergeant William Eddlestone Spooner of Ilkley was the flight engineer in the same crew). See Keighley News 5th September 1942 (Photo) and 24th December 1942 (account of burial) Named on the memorial at St John's Church, Bowling, Bradford where his name is given as Cope, V, and the Keighley Memorial where his Initials appear the wrong way round? Also named on the memorial at St. Mary's, Riddlesden. Interred in Gossilies Communal Cemetery, Belgium. Row 1, Grave 23
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