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| Name: |
Maurice Lea Cooper |
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| Country: |
Ireland |
| Rank: |
Captain |
| Service: |
Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force |
| Units: |
13N (RNAS)
213 (RAF) |
| Victories: |
6 |
| Born: |
18 December 1898 |
| Place of Birth: |
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland |
| Died: |
02 October 1918 |
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| Place of Death: |
Northeast of Gitsberg, Belgium |
| Cemetery: |
Dadizeele New British Cemetery, Moorslede, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium  |
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Maurice Lea Cooper joined the Royal Naval Air Service on 29 April 1917 and received Royal Aero Club Aviator's Certificate 5024 on 16 July 1917. Flying Sopwith Camels, he scored 6 victories before he was killed in action while bombing a train.
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
05 Dec 1917 |
1505 |
13N |
Sopwith Camel (B6407) |
C (DES) 1 |
4 mi NW of Wenduyne |
| 2 |
29 Jan 1918 |
1400 |
13N |
Sopwith Camel (B6410) |
Seaplane (DES) 2 |
100 yds from Blankenberghe Pier |
| 3 |
12 Mar 1918 |
0900 |
13N |
Sopwith Camel (B6410) |
C (DESF) 3 |
Ostend-Wenduyne |
| 4 |
01 Apr 1918 |
abt 1430 |
213 |
Sopwith Camel (B6416) |
Seaplane C (DESF) |
Zeebrugge |
| 5 |
07 Jul 1918 |
1140 |
213 |
Sopwith Camel (B3326) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) 4 |
Middelkerke |
| 6 |
30 Jul 1918 |
1150 |
213 |
Sopwith Camel (D3326) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
Bruges |
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| 1 |
Shared with FSL John Pinder, FSL George MacKay, FSL John Paynter |
| 2 |
Shared with FCdr Leonard Slatter, FSL John Paynter, FSL John Greene, FSL George MacKay |
| 3 |
Shared with FSL John Greene, FSL George MacKay, FSL E V Bell (B7226) |
| 4 |
Shared with Lt G D Smith (B8368), Lt Jenner (B6448), Lt Allott (D9647), Lt Rankin (B7270), Lt Charles Sims |
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