Ebook: Flying Among Heroes : the Story of Squadron Leader T C S Cooke DFC AFC DFM AE
- Tags: Cooke T. S. C., Air pilots Military -- Great Britain -- Biography., World War 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations British., HISTORY -- Europe -- Western., BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military.
- Year: 2012
- Publisher: The History Press
- City: New York, Great Britain
- Language: English
- epub
T C S Cooke joined the RAF as war began in 1939, aged 18, and trained to be a bomber pilot. Rising to the rank of squadron leader and decorated three times, Cooke bombed Berlin on 7 October 1940 in a Whitley Mk V, nearly ditching in the North Sea. Throughout this tour he faced the usual dangers of wartime aircrew, his aircraft being hit by AA fire on several occasions, once almost having to order his aircrew to bail Read more...
Abstract: T C S Cooke joined the RAF as war began in 1939, aged 18, and trained to be a bomber pilot. Rising to the rank of squadron leader and decorated three times, Cooke bombed Berlin on 7 October 1940 in a Whitley Mk V, nearly ditching in the North Sea. Throughout this tour he faced the usual dangers of wartime aircrew, his aircraft being hit by AA fire on several occasions, once almost having to order his aircrew to bail out but landed safely at the last minute. They were also attacked by night fighters, encountered icing and even shot up a train and bomber station at tree-top level and more