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Flt.Lt. Jack Edward Cope DFM
Royal Air Force 115 Squadron
from:Norbury
As navigator on Wellington III KO-D Jack Cope's plane was attacked on the night of 28th/29th of August 1942 by Hpt Ludwig Bietmann in a Ju88 en route to Nurnberg. He baled out at 18000 ft near the Belgian German border. Evading capture he met up with resistance and the Comete line he made his way over the Pyrennes to Gibraltar and back to UK by ship. One other crew member survived as a POW, the others were killed