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COOK, Spencer Waddey - Date of
birth
21 June 1910 -
Age
34 -
Place of birth
Tennessee -
Hometown
Santa Fe, Maury County, Tennessee
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
J/25395 -
Rank
Flying Officer -
Function
Pilot -
Unit
101 Squadron RAF,
Royal Canadian Air Force
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Awards
unknown
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
22 June 1944 - Place of
death
Drunen, The Netherlands
Grave
-
Cemetery
Bergen op Zoom Canadian War Cemetery, The Netherlands - unknown
Immediate family
-
Members
Maximilian M. Cook (father)
Minnie (Waddy) Cook (mother)
Maximilian M. Cook (brother)
More information
Spencer W. Cook graduated from Santa Fe High School and from Branham Hughes M.A.He took an Pilot-Observer Course between 16 December 1941 and 7 March 1942. Before entering the service he was an order clerk at Sherwin Ailliam Pt. Company in Nashville, then was an electrician in Du Pont Cellaphan Plant in Tennessee and between 1936 and 1941 served as a paymaster and Bank teller.
In 1942 he had his initial training at Belleville, Ontaria followed by elementary traniing at St. Eugene, Ontario and Service Flying Traing at Uplands, Ontorio. He received his wings on 16 April 1943.
He served with the National Guard in Spring Hill, Tennessee for 6 1/2 years, the ROTC for 2 years and was an engineer in Nashville.
Source of information: FOHF, www.ancestry.com - Reports of Deaths of American Citizens Abroad / Canada WWII Service file of War Dead, http://rcafuplands.blogspot.nl, www.cwgc.org
Photo source: FOHF, www.ancestry.com - Canada WWII Service file of War Dead