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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 19661" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Cottam </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Alden Preston </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>617 Squadron,R.C.A.F. </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Warrant Officer Second Class </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>R/93558 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>17th May 1943 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>30 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Reichswald Forest War Cemetery,Germany 5.C.1 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 1913 Alberta,Canada</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of Edwin A. and Margaret A. Cottam,Jasper Park,Alberta,Canada</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>RCAF 1941</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>trainee 22.3.1941</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>617 Squadron 25.3.1943</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>w.op/air gunner</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Lancaster ED937</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Op.Chastise (Eder Dam)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>hit by flak and crashed 0236 hours Netterden,Germany </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/a-cottam.18558/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/18/18558-c89c9ae394d1bebb7e40acd4f4d8c765.jpg?1591400294" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/a-cottam.8121/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/8/8121-2cd729e71e8697cd0c86266de91dcdb7.jpg?1591389199" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Robertson, post: 19661, member: 1"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Cottam [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Alden Preston [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]UNIT[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]617 Squadron,R.C.A.F. [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]RANK[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Warrant Officer Second Class [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]R/93558 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]DATE OF DEATH[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]17th May 1943 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]AGE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]30 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]GRAVESITE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Reichswald Forest War Cemetery,Germany 5.C.1 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]born 1913 Alberta,Canada[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]son of Edwin A. and Margaret A. Cottam,Jasper Park,Alberta,Canada[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]RCAF 1941[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]trainee 22.3.1941[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]617 Squadron 25.3.1943[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]w.op/air gunner[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Lancaster ED937[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Op.Chastise (Eder Dam)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]hit by flak and crashed 0236 hours Netterden,Germany [/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][URL="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/a-cottam.18558/"][IMG width="300px" height="300px"]https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/18/18558-c89c9ae394d1bebb7e40acd4f4d8c765.jpg?1591400294[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/a-cottam.8121/'][IMG width="300px" height="300px"]https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/8/8121-2cd729e71e8697cd0c86266de91dcdb7.jpg?1591389199[/IMG][/URL][/I][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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