Personnel Index - Detail

Name
COTTERELL
First Names
Basil William
Nationality
British
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Service
RAF
Crew Position
Pilot
Posting In
10/09/18
PoW Camp(s)
-
Age
20
Date of Death
30/10/1918
Cemetery

 

Aircraft DH 9 serial D502 was shot down in flames near St Denis 30/10/18 (last WWI casualties). The Pilot 2/Lt B.W. Cotterell and Observer Sgt H.W. Gumbley were sadly killed in the action.
 

Photographed by Graham Glover