LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Frank Rene Malyon COOK
Service No: 408971
Born: Armadale VIC, 8 September 1922
Enlisted in the RAAF: 21 June 1941
Unit: No. 229 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Air Operations: (No. 229 Squadron Spitfire aircraft MH907), Netherlands, 29 August 1944, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Lemsterland (Lemmer) General Cemetery, Friesland, Netherlands
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John Malyon Cook and Jeane Cook, of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Roll of Honour: Kew VIC
Remembered: Panel 120, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 29 August 1944, Spitfire MH907 flown by Flying Officer Cook was flying in Section 4 on a Ranger patrol east of the Zuider Zee. A Tug towing 3 Barges and an armed Trawler was seen coming out of Camden Bay. The armed trawler was attacked by the Section and MH907 was apparently hit by anti-aircraft fire as it was seen to continue in its dive and crash in flames just inside the north east Polder killing Flying Officer Cook.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/8/616