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Flying Officer JOHN COCKBURN

Service Number: 145110
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

487 (R.N.Z.A.F.) Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 22 February 1945

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY

13. F. 5.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Medal
  • Additional Info Son of William Cockburn, and of Sarah Hunter Cockburn, of West End, Doncaster, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH "THY WILL BE DONE"
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