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Military service
Service number:
R/82472
Age:
21
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
115 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
October 7, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Row C. Grave 7.
Additional information
Son of Flt.Sgt. E. N. Cote, R.C.A.F., and Catharine Cote, of Ottawa. Ontario, Canada.
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Memorial
Inscription to the memory of Joseph John Edward Cote on the family grave marker at Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario. -
Grave Marker
This airman is buried in the churchyard at Beck Row near Mildenhall UK On the night of 6/7th October 1942 when returning from operations to Osnabruck, Cote was the rear gunner on Wellington BJ879 of 115 sqn RAF. At 22:00 hours his aircraft was attacked by a night fighter. The rear gunner, Flight Sergeant Cote, although mortally wounded gallantly endeavoured to use the hand rotation gear to bring his remaining gun to bear on the enemy. -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Joseph John Edward Cote is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Joseph John Edward Cote 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 -
Attestation paper
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Attestation paper
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Letter
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Document
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Document
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Document
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Letter
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Photo of JOSEPH JOHN EDWARD COTE
Photo found in service file. No names given.. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star January 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Joseph John Edward Cote
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Joseph John Edward Cote
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Joseph John Edward Cote
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Joseph John Edward Cote
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Joseph John Edward Cote
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Joseph John Edward Cote
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Joseph John Edward Cote
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Joseph John Edward Cote
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Joseph John Edward Cote
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 66 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BECK ROW (ST. JOHN) CHURCHYARD Suffolk, United Kingdom
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