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Hector Thomas Moore Cooper

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Hector Thomas Moore Cooper

April 3, 1942

Military Service

Service Number:

R/80234

Age:

20

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

101 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information

Son of the Revd. Joseph Edward Cooper and Mary Evelyn Cooper, of Oakville, Manitoba, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 66 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

LORIENT (KERENTRECH) COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Morbihan, France

Grave Reference:

Plot 62. Row A. Grave 2.

Location:

Lorient is a town, seaport and naval base, with Government dockyards and an arsenal, on the southern side of the Brittany peninsula. From the town centre, look for Avenue Du Gen. DeGaulle straight to the roundabout. Take the first exit into Bd. Edouard Herriot, straight on along Bd. Leon Blum, and the LORIENT (KERENTRECH) COMMUNAL CEMETERY lies on the left hand side of the road before the junction with Bd. Emmanuel Svob. The CWGC plot is at the bottom left of the cemetery. The CWGC signpost is on the cemetery wall.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Hector Thomas Moore Cooper is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant Hector Thomas Moore Cooper is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Hector Thomas Moore Cooper is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant Hector Thomas Moore Cooper is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star April 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star April 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Group Photo– Pilots of No.31 Course, 19 OTU, RAF Kinloss - November 1941

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    Group Photo – Pilots of No.31 Course, 19 OTU, RAF Kinloss - November 1941
  • Photo of Hector Cooper– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Photo of Hector Cooper
    Photo of Hector Cooper – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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